C & a Carbone, Inc., et al. v. Town of Clarkstown, New York

Decided May 16, 1994. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 92-1402 · 511 U.S. 383 (1994) · Cited 524 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.

• City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey · 437 U.S. 617 (1978)
• Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc. · 397 U.S. 137 (1970)
• Dean Milk Co. v. City of Madison · 340 U.S. 349 (1951)
• South-Central Timber Development, Inc. v. Wunnicke · 467 U.S. 82 (1984)
• Fort Gratiot Sanitary Landfill, Inc. v. Michigan Department of Natural Resources · 504 U.S. 353 (1992)
• Brown-Forman Distillers Corp. v. New York State Liquor Authority · 476 U.S. 573 (1986)
• New Energy Co. of Indiana v. Limbach · 486 U.S. 269 (1988)
• Wyoming v. Oklahoma · 502 U.S. 437 (1992)
• Foster-Fountain Packing Co. v. Haydel · 278 U.S. 1 (1928)
• Maine v. Taylor · 477 U.S. 131 (1986)
• Toomer v. Witsell · 334 U.S. 385 (1948)
• Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona Ex Rel. Sullivan · 325 U.S. 761 (1945)
• Minnesota v. Barber · 136 U.S. 313 (1890)
• Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt · 504 U.S. 334 (1992)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• Hughes v. Oklahoma · 441 U.S. 322 (1979)
• H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Du Mond · 336 U.S. 525 (1949)
• South Carolina State Highway Department v. Barnwell Bros. · 303 U.S. 177 (1938)
• Bibb v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc. · 359 U.S. 520 (1959)
• Buck v. Kuykendall · 267 U.S. 307 (1925)
• Brimmer v. Rebman · 138 U.S. 78 (1891)
• Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission · 432 U.S. 333 (1977)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · 301 U.S. 1 (1937)
• United States v. Nordic Village, Inc. · 503 U.S. 30 (1992)
• Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority · 469 U.S. 528 (1985)
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland · 437 U.S. 117 (1978)
• Baldwin v. G. A. F. Seelig, Inc. · 294 U.S. 511 (1935)
• Healy v. Beer Institute · 491 U.S. 324 (1989)
• Edwards v. California · 314 U.S. 160 (1941)

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• United Haulers Ass'n v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority · 550 U.S. 330 (2007)
• Department of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis · 553 U.S. 328 (2008)
• Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison · 520 U.S. 564 (1997)
• Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas · 588 U.S. 504 (2019)
• National Pork Producers Council v. Ross · 598 U.S. 356 (2023)
• Granholm v. Heald · 544 U.S. 460 (2005)

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