Alabama Public Service Commission et al. v. Southern Railway Co.

Decided May 21, 1951. Frederick Moore Vinson delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 395 · 341 U.S. 341 (1951) · Cited 611 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Bacon v. Rutland Railroad · 232 U.S. 134 (1914)
• Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co. · 312 U.S. 496 (1941)
• Burford v. Sun Oil Co. · 319 U.S. 315 (1943)
• Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. v. Russell · 261 U.S. 290 (1923)
• Smyth v. Ames · 169 U.S. 466 (1898)
• Meredith v. Winter Haven · 320 U.S. 228 (1943)
• Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Huffman · 319 U.S. 293 (1943)
• Reagan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. · 154 U.S. 362 (1894)
• Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. North Carolina Corporation Comm'n · 206 U.S. 1 (1907)
• Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. North Dakota Ex Rel. McCue · 236 U.S. 585 (1915)
• Railroad Commission of Texas v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 573 (1940)
• Atlas Life Insurance v. W. I. Southern, Inc. · 306 U.S. 563 (1939)
• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert · 330 U.S. 501 (1947)
• Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40 · 300 U.S. 515 (1937)
• The Minnesota Rate Cases · 230 U.S. 352 (1913)
• Toomer v. Witsell · 334 U.S. 385 (1948)
• Truax v. Corrigan · 257 U.S. 312 (1921)
• Matthews v. Rodgers · 284 U.S. 521 (1932)
• Ohio Valley Water Co. v. Ben Avon Borough · 253 U.S. 287 (1920)
• Pennsylvania v. Williams · 294 U.S. 176 (1935)
• Beal v. Missouri Pacific R. Corp. · 312 U.S. 45 (1941)
• Colorado v. United States · 271 U.S. 153 (1926)
• American Federation of Labor v. Watson · 327 U.S. 582 (1946)
• Canada Malting Co. v. Paterson Steamships, Ltd. · 285 U.S. 413 (1932)
• Prendergast v. New York Telephone Co. · 262 U.S. 43 (1923)
• Harrisonville v. W. S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Co. · 289 U.S. 334 (1933)
• Petroleum Exploration, Inc. v. Public Service Commission · 304 U.S. 209 (1938)
• Palmer v. Massachusetts · 308 U.S. 79 (1939)
• New York v. United States · 331 U.S. 284 (1947)
• Di Giovanni v. Camden Fire Insurance · 296 U.S. 64 (1935)

Cited by

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

• New Orleans Public Service, Inc. v. Council of City of New Orleans · 491 U.S. 350 (1989)
• Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · 424 U.S. 800 (1976)
• Quackenbush v. Allstate Insurance · 517 U.S. 706 (1996)
• England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners · 375 U.S. 411 (1964)
• Hughes v. Fetter · 341 U.S. 609 (1951)
• Martin v. Creasy · 360 U.S. 219 (1959)
• United States v. Raddatz · 447 U.S. 667 (1980)
• Davis v. Passman · 442 U.S. 228 (1979)
• Verizon Maryland Inc. v. Public Service Commission of Maryland · 535 U.S. 635 (2002)
• Zwickler v. Koota · 389 U.S. 241 (1967)
• King v. Smith · 392 U.S. 309 (1968)
• County of Allegheny v. Frank Mashuda Co. · 360 U.S. 185 (1959)
• Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of Thibodaux · 360 U.S. 25 (1959)
• Trainor v. Hernandez · 431 U.S. 434 (1977)
• Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. v. Kalo Brick & Tile Co. · 450 U.S. 311 (1981)
• Clay v. Sun Ins. Office Ltd. · 363 U.S. 207 (1960)
• Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co. v. Elbert · 348 U.S. 48 (1954)
• Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Redwine · 342 U.S. 299 (1952)
• Capital Service, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 347 U.S. 501 (1954)
• Kaiser Steel Corp. v. W. S. Ranch Co. · 391 U.S. 593 (1968)

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