324 Liquor Corp., Dba Yorkshire Wine & Spirits v. Duffy et al.

Decided January 13, 1987. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 84-2022 · 479 U.S. 335 (1987) · Cited 157 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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.

• California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc. · 445 U.S. 97 (1980)
• Parker v. Brown · 317 U.S. 341 (1943)
• Hostetter v. Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. · 377 U.S. 324 (1964)
• United States v. Frankfort Distilleries, Inc. · 324 U.S. 293 (1945)
• Rice v. Norman Williams Co. · 458 U.S. 654 (1982)
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · 475 U.S. 574 (1986)
• Continental T. v. Inc. v. GTE Sylvania Inc. · 433 U.S. 36 (1977)
• Bacchus Imports, Ltd. v. Dias · 468 U.S. 263 (1984)
• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• Wisconsin v. Constantineau · 400 U.S. 433 (1971)
• A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States · 295 U.S. 495 (1935)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona · 433 U.S. 350 (1977)
• United States v. Colgate & Co. · 250 U.S. 300 (1919)
• United States v. Topco Associates, Inc. · 405 U.S. 596 (1972)
• City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 435 U.S. 389 (1978)
• Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp. · 341 U.S. 384 (1951)
• Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp. · 465 U.S. 752 (1984)
• Town of Hallie v. City of Eau Claire · 471 U.S. 34 (1985)
• Capital Cities Cable, Inc. v. Crisp · 467 U.S. 691 (1984)
• Larkin v. Grendel's Den, Inc. · 459 U.S. 116 (1982)
• New Motor Vehicle Bd. of Cal. v. Orrin W. Fox Co. · 439 U.S. 96 (1978)
• Indiana Ex Rel. Anderson v. Brand · 303 U.S. 95 (1938)
• Ziffrin, Inc. v. Reeves · 308 U.S. 132 (1939)
• State Bd. of Equalization of Cal. v. Young's Market Co. · 299 U.S. 59 (1936)
• Fisher v. City of Berkeley · 475 U.S. 260 (1986)
• Hooven & Allison Co. v. Evatt · 324 U.S. 652 (1945)
• O'Brien v. Skinner · 414 U.S. 524 (1974)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas · 588 U.S. 504 (2019)
• South Dakota v. Dole · 483 U.S. 203 (1987)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Ticor Title Insurance · 504 U.S. 621 (1992)
• Hernandez v. New York · 500 U.S. 352 (1991)
• Patrick v. Burget · 486 U.S. 94 (1988)

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