Bacchus Imports, Ltd., et al. v. Dias, Director of Taxation of Hawaii, et al.

Decided June 29, 1984. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 82-1565 · 468 U.S. 263 (1984) · Cited 606 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

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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.

• State Bd. of Equalization of Cal. v. Young's Market Co. · 299 U.S. 59 (1936)
• Capital Cities Cable, Inc. v. Crisp · 467 U.S. 691 (1984)
• Hostetter v. Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. · 377 U.S. 324 (1964)
• Collins v. Yosemite Park & Curry Co. · 304 U.S. 518 (1938)
• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey · 437 U.S. 617 (1978)
• California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc. · 445 U.S. 97 (1980)
• Boston Stock Exchange v. State Tax Commission · 429 U.S. 318 (1977)
• Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. v. Hostetter · 384 U.S. 35 (1966)
• Mahoney v. Joseph Triner Corp. · 304 U.S. 401 (1938)
• Maryland v. Louisiana · 451 U.S. 725 (1981)
• Clark Distilling Co. v. Western Maryland Railway Co. · 242 U.S. 311 (1917)
• Walling v. Michigan · 116 U.S. 446 (1886)
• Guy v. Baltimore · 100 U.S. 434 (1880)
• Carter v. Virginia · 321 U.S. 131 (1944)
• Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission · 432 U.S. 333 (1977)
• Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc. · 397 U.S. 137 (1970)
• Wisconsin v. Constantineau · 400 U.S. 433 (1971)
• A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States · 295 U.S. 495 (1935)
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• California v. LaRue · 409 U.S. 109 (1972)
• Hughes v. Oklahoma · 441 U.S. 322 (1979)
• Carter v. Carter Coal Co. · 298 U.S. 238 (1936)
• Baldwin v. G. A. F. Seelig, Inc. · 294 U.S. 511 (1935)
• Northwestern States Portland Cement Co. v. Minnesota · 358 U.S. 450 (1959)
• Lewis v. BT Investment Managers, Inc. · 447 U.S. 27 (1980)
• Dean Milk Co. v. City of Madison · 340 U.S. 349 (1951)
• Thurlow v. Massachusetts · 46 U.S. 504 (1847)
• South-Central Timber Development, Inc. v. Wunnicke · 467 U.S. 82 (1984)
• In Re Rahrer · 140 U.S. 545 (1891)

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• James B. Beam Distilling Co. v. Georgia · 501 U.S. 529 (1991)
• West Lynn Creamery, Inc. v. Healy · 512 U.S. 186 (1994)
• Granholm v. Heald · 544 U.S. 460 (2005)
• Comptroller of Treasury of Md. v. Wynne · 575 U.S. 542 (2015)
• McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Fla. Dept. of Business Regulation · 496 U.S. 18 (1990)
• American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Smith · 496 U.S. 167 (1990)
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Ward · 470 U.S. 869 (1985)
• General Motors Corp. v. Tracy · 519 U.S. 278 (1997)
• Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison · 520 U.S. 564 (1997)
• Tyler Pipe Industries, Inc. v. Washington State Department of Revenue · 483 U.S. 232 (1987)
• New Energy Co. of Indiana v. Limbach · 486 U.S. 269 (1988)
• Wyoming v. Oklahoma · 502 U.S. 437 (1992)
• Amerada Hess Corp. v. Director, Division of Taxation, New Jersey Department of the Treasury · 490 U.S. 66 (1989)
• Maine v. Taylor · 477 U.S. 131 (1986)
• Brown-Forman Distillers Corp. v. New York State Liquor Authority · 476 U.S. 573 (1986)
• 324 Liquor Corp. v. Duffy · 479 U.S. 335 (1987)
• Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon · 473 U.S. 234 (1985)
• Harper v. Virginia Department of Taxation · 509 U.S. 86 (1993)
• Oregon Waste Systems, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Quality of Ore. · 511 U.S. 93 (1994)
• South Dakota v. Dole · 483 U.S. 203 (1987)
• Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. · 491 U.S. 1 (1989)
• Healy v. Beer Institute · 491 U.S. 324 (1989)
• Norman v. Reed · 502 U.S. 279 (1992)
• Department of Revenue of Ore. v. ACF Industries, Inc. · 510 U.S. 332 (1994)
• Goldberg v. Sweet · 488 U.S. 252 (1989)
• American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Scheiner · 483 U.S. 266 (1987)
• Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt · 504 U.S. 334 (1992)
• North Dakota v. United States · 495 U.S. 423 (1990)

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