Young v. Ups

Decided March 25, 2015. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 12-1226 · 575 U.S. 206 (2015) · Cited 449 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• General Electric Co. v. Gilbert · 429 U.S. 125 (1976)
• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · 411 U.S. 792 (1973)
• Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · 450 U.S. 248 (1981)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · 431 U.S. 324 (1977)
• Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters · 438 U.S. 567 (1978)
• Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 462 U.S. 669 (1983)
• Raytheon Co. v. Hernandez · 540 U.S. 44 (2003)
• Ricci v. DeStefano · 557 U.S. 557 (2009)
• Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · 323 U.S. 134 (1944)
• California Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Guerra · 479 U.S. 272 (1987)
• Scott v. Harris · 550 U.S. 372 (2007)
• Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. · 530 U.S. 133 (2000)
• Duncan v. Walker · 533 U.S. 167 (2001)
• Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston · 469 U.S. 111 (1985)
• TRW Inc. v. Andrews · 534 U.S. 19 (2001)
• Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & Trust · 487 U.S. 977 (1988)
• Hazelwood School District v. United States · 433 U.S. 299 (1977)
• Arlington Central School District Board of Education v. Murphy · 548 U.S. 291 (2006)
• Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs · 538 U.S. 721 (2003)
• Geduldig v. Aiello · 417 U.S. 484 (1974)
• Williams v. Illinois · 567 U.S. 50 (2012)
• Sykes v. United States · 564 U.S. 1 (2011)
• Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. · 569 U.S. 108 (2013)
• Yarborough v. Gentry · 540 U.S. 1 (2003)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)

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