Allegheny Pittsburgh Coal Co. v. County Commission of Webster County, West Virginia

Decided January 18, 1989. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 87-1303 · 488 U.S. 336 (1989) · Cited 375 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.

• Allied Stores of Ohio, Inc. v. Bowers · 358 U.S. 522 (1959)
• Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co. · 320 U.S. 591 (1944)
• Lehnhausen v. Lake Shore Auto Parts Co. · 410 U.S. 356 (1973)
• Sioux City Bridge Co. v. Dakota County · 260 U.S. 441 (1923)
• Sunday Lake Iron Co. v. Township of Wakefield · 247 U.S. 350 (1918)
• Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Browning · 310 U.S. 362 (1940)
• Salsburg v. Maryland · 346 U.S. 545 (1954)
• Iowa-Des Moines National Bank v. Bennett · 284 U.S. 239 (1932)
• Brown-Forman Co. v. Kentucky · 217 U.S. 563 (1910)
• Cumberland Coal Co. v. Board of Revision of Tax Assessments in Greene Cty. · 284 U.S. 23 (1931)

Cited by

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

• Nordlinger v. Hahn · 505 U.S. 1 (1992)
• Armour v. City of Indianapolis · 566 U.S. 673 (2012)
• Engquist v. Oregon Department of Agriculture · 553 U.S. 591 (2008)
• Village of Willowbrook v. Olech · 528 U.S. 562 (2000)
• Fitzgerald v. Racing Assn. of Central Iowa · 539 U.S. 103 (2003)

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