Boston Stock Exchange et al. v. State Tax Commission et al.

Decided January 12, 1977. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 75-1019 · 429 U.S. 318 (1977) · Cited 387 times

Holding

The amendment discriminates against interstate commerce in violation of the Commerce Clause.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Baldwin v. G. A. F. Seelig, Inc. · 294 U.S. 511 (1935)
• New York Ex Rel. Hatch v. Reardon · 204 U.S. 152 (1907)
• Northwestern States Portland Cement Co. v. Minnesota · 358 U.S. 450 (1959)
• Freeman v. Hewit · 329 U.S. 249 (1946)
• Henneford v. Silas Mason Co. · 300 U.S. 577 (1937)
• Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Reily · 373 U.S. 64 (1963)
• General Trading Co. v. State Tax Commission of Iowa · 322 U.S. 335 (1944)
• Guy v. Baltimore · 100 U.S. 434 (1880)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · 397 U.S. 150 (1970)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Gibbons v. Ogden · 22 U.S. 1 (1824)
• Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc. · 397 U.S. 137 (1970)
• Dean Milk Co. v. City of Madison · 340 U.S. 349 (1951)
• McLeod v. J. E. Dilworth Co. · 322 U.S. 327 (1944)
• Nippert v. City of Richmond · 327 U.S. 416 (1946)
• Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Cottrell · 424 U.S. 366 (1976)
• United States v. Sanchez · 340 U.S. 42 (1950)

Cited by

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

• Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. Tully · 466 U.S. 388 (1984)
• Department of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis · 553 U.S. 328 (2008)
• Tyler Pipe Industries, Inc. v. Washington State Department of Revenue · 483 U.S. 232 (1987)
• Dennis v. Higgins · 498 U.S. 439 (1991)
• Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Jefferson Lines, Inc. · 514 U.S. 175 (1995)
• Moorman Manufacturing Co. v. Bair · 437 U.S. 267 (1978)
• American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Scheiner · 483 U.S. 266 (1987)
• Armco Inc. v. Hardesty · 467 U.S. 638 (1984)
• Maryland v. Louisiana · 451 U.S. 725 (1981)
• Maine v. Taylor · 477 U.S. 131 (1986)
• Bacchus Imports, Ltd. v. Dias · 468 U.S. 263 (1984)
• Wyoming v. Oklahoma · 502 U.S. 437 (1992)
• Comptroller of Treasury of Md. v. Wynne · 575 U.S. 542 (2015)
• Clarke v. Securities Industry Assn. · 479 U.S. 388 (1987)
• Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison · 520 U.S. 564 (1997)
• Associated Industries of Mo. v. Lohman · 511 U.S. 641 (1994)
• Trinova Corp. v. Michigan Department of Treasury · 498 U.S. 358 (1991)
• Bennett v. Spear · 520 U.S. 154 (1997)
• Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady · 430 U.S. 274 (1977)
• Oregon Waste Systems, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Quality of Ore. · 511 U.S. 93 (1994)
• Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana · 453 U.S. 609 (1981)
• Japan Line, Ltd. v. County of Los Angeles · 441 U.S. 434 (1979)
• American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Smith · 496 U.S. 167 (1990)
• Goldberg v. Sweet · 488 U.S. 252 (1989)
• Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt · 504 U.S. 334 (1992)
• Fulton Corp. v. Faulkner · 516 U.S. 325 (1996)
• American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. Michigan Public Service Commission · 545 U.S. 429 (2005)

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