72 Cited authorities

  1. Village of Willowbrook v. Olech

    528 U.S. 562 (2000)   Cited 6,369 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a class of one could challenge different treatment under the Equal Protection Clause where treatment was alleged to be "irrational and wholly arbitrary"
  2. Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.

    473 U.S. 432 (1985)   Cited 9,707 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that mental disability is not a quasi-suspect class
  3. Engquist v. Oregon Dep't of Agric.

    553 U.S. 591 (2008)   Cited 2,560 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a class-of-one equal-protection claim cannot be raised in the public-employment context based in part upon the discretionary nature of the employment decisions
  4. Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc.

    508 U.S. 307 (1993)   Cited 2,228 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a law survives rational basis review so long as there is "any reasonably conceivable state of facts that could provide a rational basis for the classification"
  5. Nordlinger v. Hahn

    505 U.S. 1 (1992)   Cited 1,693 times
    Holding that the legislature need not "actually articulate at any time the purpose or rationale supporting its classification"
  6. Mistretta v. United States

    488 U.S. 361 (1989)   Cited 1,922 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, 18 U.S.C. § 3551 et seq., and 28 U.S.C. § 991 et seq., did not result in Executive's wielding legislative powers, despite either House's power to block Act's passage
  7. McCleskey v. Kemp

    481 U.S. 279 (1987)   Cited 1,991 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a study indicating that black defendants and defendants charged with killing white people are more likely to receive the death penalty was insufficient to support an inference that the decisionmakers in petitioner's case acted with discriminatory purpose
  8. Williamson v. Lee Optical Co.

    348 U.S. 483 (1955)   Cited 2,201 times
    Holding that, absent invidious discrimination, government may further its legitimate interests incrementally
  9. Maislin Industries, U.S. v. Primary Steel

    497 U.S. 116 (1990)   Cited 389 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that agency "does not have the power to adopt a policy that directly conflicts with its governing statute"
  10. Power Comm'n v. Hope Gas Co.

    320 U.S. 591 (1944)   Cited 1,060 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a return rate of 6.5% was "just and reasonable"
  11. Section 151 - Findings and declaration of policy

    29 U.S.C. § 151   Cited 5,062 times   33 Legal Analyses
    Finding that "protection by law of the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively safeguards commerce" and declaring a policy of "encouraging the practice and procedure of collective bargaining"
  12. Section 152 - Definitions

    29 U.S.C. § 152   Cited 3,188 times   27 Legal Analyses
    Defining a supervisor to include “any individual having authority . . . to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or responsibly to direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to recommend such action, if in connection with the foregoing the exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment”
  13. Section 7

    Cal. Const. art. I § 7   Cited 2,117 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Guaranteeing due process and equal protection
  14. Section 717c - Rates and charges

    15 U.S.C. § 717c   Cited 559 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Tasking FERC with ensuring that rates charged for sales of natural gas within FERC's jurisdiction are "just and reasonable"
  15. Section 252 - Procedures for negotiation, arbitration, and approval of agreements

    47 U.S.C. § 252   Cited 539 times
    Granting district courts authority to review "determinations" made by the state commissions under § 252
  16. Section 42 - Employees; expenses

    15 U.S.C. § 42   Cited 51 times

    Each commissioner shall receive a salary, payable in the same manner as the salaries of the judges of the courts of the United States. The commission shall appoint a secretary, who shall receive a salary, and it shall have authority to employ and fix the compensation of such attorneys, special experts, examiners, clerks, and other employees as it may from time to time find necessary for the proper performance of its duties and as may be from time to time appropriated for by Congress. With the exception

  17. Section 801 - Copyright Royalty Judges; appointment and functions

    17 U.S.C. § 801   Cited 35 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Providing that Royalty Judges may use agreement as the basis for a royalty distribution provided that the parties that would be bound by the determination have an opportunity to comment
  18. Section 20400 - Filing of Declaration Requesting Mandatory Mediation and Conciliation

    Cal. Code Regs. tit. 8 § 20400   Cited 3 times

    (a) Where the certification issued prior to January 1, 2003: A declaration pursuant to Labor Code section 1164(a)(1) may be filed with the Board by either the agricultural employer or the certified labor organization at any time at least 90 days after a renewed demand to bargain, as defined in subdivision (a)(2). The declaration shall be served and filed in accordance with sections 20160, 20166, and 20169. The declaration shall be signed under penalty of perjury by an authorized representative of