48 Cited authorities

  1. Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Res. Def. Council

    467 U.S. 837 (1984)   Cited 16,016 times   501 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts "must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress"
  2. Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.

    473 U.S. 432 (1985)   Cited 9,700 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that mental disability is not a quasi-suspect class
  3. Alexander v. Sandoval

    532 U.S. 275 (2001)   Cited 2,637 times   35 Legal Analyses
    Holding that it is "beyond dispute" that banning discrimination " ‘on the ground of race’ " "prohibits only intentional discrimination"
  4. Hernandez v. New York

    500 U.S. 352 (1991)   Cited 3,862 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that evaluation of a prosecutor's credibility "lies `peculiarly within a trial judge's province'"
  5. Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Corp.

    429 U.S. 252 (1977)   Cited 4,284 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plaintiffs need show only that "a discriminatory purpose has been a motivating factor in the decision," because, after all, "[r]arely can it be said that a legislature or administrative body operating under a broad mandate made a decision motivated solely by a single concern, or even that a particular purpose was the ‘dominant’ or ‘primary’ one."
  6. Plyler v. Doe

    457 U.S. 202 (1982)   Cited 3,012 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that States cannot deny to illegal aliens the free public education they provide to citizens and legally documented aliens
  7. Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney

    442 U.S. 256 (1979)   Cited 2,062 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Equal Protection Clause is implicated only when "a state legislatur[e] selected or reaffirmed a particular course of action at least in part `because of,' not merely `in spite of,' its adverse effects upon an identifiable group"
  8. University of California Regents v. Bakke

    438 U.S. 265 (1978)   Cited 1,173 times   31 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plaintiff suffered an injury when he could not compete for all places in his entering medical school class
  9. Fisher v. Univ. of Tex. at Austin

    570 U.S. 297 (2013)   Cited 132 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Ruling after cross-motions for summary judgment in a higher education case
  10. Reno v. Bossier Parish School Bd.

    520 U.S. 471 (1997)   Cited 195 times
    Holding that, in cases brought under § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Arlington Heights framework should guide a court's inquiry into whether a jurisdiction had a discriminatory purpose in enacting a voting change
  11. Section 1194 - Arrest and testing

    N.Y. Veh. & Traf. Law § 1194   Cited 665 times
    Providing that a refusal to submit to a chemical test is admissible at trial, provided that the person was sufficiently warned of the consequences of refusing to take the test and persisted in the refusal
  12. Section 8.26 - Executive order. no. 26: statewide language access policy

    N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 8.26   Cited 2 times

    WHEREAS, two and one-half million New Yorkers have limited-English proficiency which means they do not speak English as their primary language and have limited ability to read, speak, write or understand English, thereby presenting potential barriers to accessing important government programs or services; and WHEREAS, the public safety, health, economic prosperity, and general welfare of all New York residents is furthered by increasing language access to State programs and services; and WHEREAS