Baldwin et al. v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana et al.

Decided May 23, 1978. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 76-1150 · 436 U.S. 371 (1978) · Cited 390 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Toomer v. Witsell · 334 U.S. 385 (1948)
• Austin v. New Hampshire · 420 U.S. 656 (1975)
• Paul v. Virginia · 75 U.S. 168 (1869)
• Geer v. Connecticut · 161 U.S. 519 (1896)
• Mullaney v. Anderson · 342 U.S. 415 (1952)
• Douglas v. Seacoast Products, Inc. · 431 U.S. 265 (1977)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Canadian Northern Railway Co. v. Eggen · 252 U.S. 553 (1920)
• Blake v. McClung · 172 U.S. 239 (1898)
• McCready v. Virginia · 94 U.S. 391 (1877)
• Doe v. Bolton · 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
• Takahashi v. Fish & Game Commission · 334 U.S. 410 (1948)
• Kleppe v. New Mexico · 426 U.S. 529 (1976)
• Foster-Fountain Packing Co. v. Haydel · 278 U.S. 1 (1928)
• Hughes v. Alexandria Scrap Corp. · 426 U.S. 794 (1976)
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 333 U.S. 364 (1948)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 1 (1973)
• Shapiro v. Thompson · 394 U.S. 618 (1969)
• Dunn v. Blumstein · 405 U.S. 330 (1972)
• Sosna v. Iowa · 419 U.S. 393 (1975)
• Memorial Hospital v. Maricopa County · 415 U.S. 250 (1974)
• Pennsylvania v. West Virginia · 262 U.S. 553 (1923)
• Minor v. Happersett · 88 U.S. 162 (1875)
• Chambers v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 207 U.S. 142 (1907)
• West v. Kansas Natural Gas Co. · 221 U.S. 229 (1911)
• Lacoste v. Department of Conservation of Louisiana · 263 U.S. 545 (1924)

Cited by

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• McBurney v. Young · 569 U.S. 221 (2013)
• Hughes v. Oklahoma · 441 U.S. 322 (1979)
• Supreme Court of NH v. Piper · 470 U.S. 274 (1985)
• United Building & Constr. Trades Council of Camden Cty. v. Mayor and Council of Camden · 465 U.S. 208 (1984)
• Hicklin v. Orbeck · 437 U.S. 518 (1978)
• Zobel v. Williams · 457 U.S. 55 (1982)
• Sporhase v. Nebraska Ex Rel. Douglas · 458 U.S. 941 (1982)
• Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman · 487 U.S. 59 (1988)
• Oregon Waste Systems, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Quality of Ore. · 511 U.S. 93 (1994)
• Burnham v. Superior Court of Cal., County of Marin · 495 U.S. 604 (1990)
• Western & Southern Life Ins. Co. v. State Bd. of Equalization of Cal. · 451 U.S. 648 (1981)
• Saenz v. Roe · 526 U.S. 489 (1999)
• Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison · 520 U.S. 564 (1997)
• Reeves, Inc. v. Stake · 447 U.S. 429 (1980)
• Fort Gratiot Sanitary Landfill, Inc. v. Michigan Department of Natural Resources · 504 U.S. 353 (1992)

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