American Trucking Associations, Inc., et al. v. Maurice Smith, Director, Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, et al.

Decided June 4, 1990. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 88-325 · 496 U.S. 167 (1990) · Cited 358 times

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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.

• American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Scheiner · 483 U.S. 266 (1987)
• Griffith v. Kentucky · 479 U.S. 314 (1987)
• Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · 404 U.S. 97 (1971)
• Cipriano v. City of Houma · 395 U.S. 701 (1969)
• City of Phoenix v. Kolodziejski · 399 U.S. 204 (1970)
• Owen v. City of Independence · 445 U.S. 622 (1980)
• United States v. Estate of Donnelly · 397 U.S. 286 (1970)
• Lemon v. Kurtzman · 411 U.S. 192 (1973)
• Tyler Pipe Industries, Inc. v. Washington State Department of Revenue · 483 U.S. 232 (1987)
• Chapman v. California · 386 U.S. 18 (1967)
• Great Northern Railway Co. v. Sunburst Oil & Refining Co. · 287 U.S. 358 (1932)
• Bacchus Imports, Ltd. v. Dias · 468 U.S. 263 (1984)
• Jenkins v. Delaware · 395 U.S. 213 (1969)
• Michigan v. Payne · 412 U.S. 47 (1973)
• Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady · 430 U.S. 274 (1977)
• Saint Francis College v. Al-Khazraji · 481 U.S. 604 (1987)
• Local Union No. 189, Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen v. Jewel Tea Co. · 381 U.S. 676 (1965)
• Arsenault v. Massachusetts · 393 U.S. 5 (1968)
• Stovall v. Denno · 388 U.S. 293 (1967)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners · 375 U.S. 411 (1964)
• United States v. Johnson · 457 U.S. 537 (1982)
• Allen v. State Board of Elections · 393 U.S. 544 (1969)
• Goodman v. Lukens Steel Co. · 482 U.S. 656 (1987)
• Simpson v. Union Oil Co. of Cal. · 377 U.S. 13 (1964)
• Arizona Governing Committee for Tax Deferred Annuity & Deferred Compensation Plans v. Norris · 463 U.S. 1073 (1983)
• North Carolina v. Pearce · 395 U.S. 711 (1969)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Michigan v. Long · 463 U.S. 1032 (1983)
• Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · 458 U.S. 50 (1982)

Cited by

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

• Danforth v. Minnesota · 552 U.S. 264 (2008)
• Harper v. Virginia Department of Taxation · 509 U.S. 86 (1993)
• James B. Beam Distilling Co. v. Georgia · 501 U.S. 529 (1991)
• Reynoldsville Casket Co. v. Hyde · 514 U.S. 749 (1995)
• Comptroller of Treasury of Md. v. Wynne · 575 U.S. 542 (2015)
• Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson · 501 U.S. 350 (1991)
• Quill Corp. v. North Dakota Ex Rel. Heitkamp · 504 U.S. 298 (1992)

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