Braniff Airways, Inc. v. Nebraska State Board of Equalization and Assessment et al.

Decided June 1, 1954. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 476 · 347 U.S. 590 (1954) · Cited 172 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Minnesota · 322 U.S. 292 (1944)
• Ott v. Mississippi Valley Barge Line Co. · 336 U.S. 169 (1949)
• Pullman's Palace Car Co. v. Pennsylvania · 141 U.S. 18 (1891)
• Curry v. McCanless · 307 U.S. 357 (1939)
• Oklahoma Ex Rel. Phillips v. Guy F. Atkinson Co. · 313 U.S. 508 (1941)
• Hays v. the Pacific Mail Steam-Ship Co. · 58 U.S. 596 (1855)
• Gibbons v. Ogden · 22 U.S. 1 (1824)
• United States v. Causby · 328 U.S. 256 (1946)
• Wisconsin v. J. C. Penney Co. · 311 U.S. 435 (1941)
• United States v. Standard Oil Co. Of California · 332 U.S. 301 (1947)
• Western Live Stock v. Bureau of Revenue · 303 U.S. 250 (1938)
• United States v. Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Co. · 229 U.S. 53 (1913)
• Halcyon Lines v. Haenn Ship Ceiling & Refitting Corp. · 342 U.S. 282 (1952)
• Freeman v. Hewit · 329 U.S. 249 (1946)
• Davis v. Department of Labor and Industries of Wash. · 317 U.S. 249 (1942)
• Miller Brothers Co. v. Maryland · 347 U.S. 340 (1954)
• Brown v. Houston · 114 U.S. 622 (1885)
• Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Browning · 310 U.S. 362 (1940)
• Frick v. Pennsylvania · 268 U.S. 473 (1925)
• General Oil Co. v. Crain · 209 U.S. 211 (1908)
• New York Ex Rel. Bryant v. Zimmerman · 278 U.S. 63 (1928)
• Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Co. v. Calvert · 347 U.S. 157 (1954)
• Central Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Mealey · 334 U.S. 653 (1948)
• United States v. Kansas City Life Insurance · 339 U.S. 799 (1950)
• United States v. Gilman · 347 U.S. 507 (1954)
• Champlain Realty Co. v. Town of Brattleboro · 260 U.S. 366 (1922)
• Carson Petroleum Co. v. Vial, Sheriff & Tax Collector · 279 U.S. 95 (1929)
• Wallace v. Hines · 253 U.S. 66 (1920)
• Southern Pacific Co. v. Kentucky · 222 U.S. 63 (1911)
• Ford Motor Co. v. Beauchamp · 308 U.S. 331 (1940)

Cited by

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

• Japan Line, Ltd. v. County of Los Angeles · 441 U.S. 434 (1979)
• Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc. · 492 U.S. 257 (1989)
• Dyke v. Taylor Implement Manufacturing Co. · 391 U.S. 216 (1968)
• Department of Revenue of Ore. v. ACF Industries, Inc. · 510 U.S. 332 (1994)
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Missouri State Tax Commission · 390 U.S. 317 (1968)

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