California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc., et al.

Decided March 3, 1980. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 79-97 · 445 U.S. 97 (1980) · Cited 855 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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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.

• Parker v. Brown · 317 U.S. 341 (1943)
• New Motor Vehicle Bd. of Cal. v. Orrin W. Fox Co. · 439 U.S. 96 (1978)
• State Bd. of Equalization of Cal. v. Young's Market Co. · 299 U.S. 59 (1936)
• Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp. · 341 U.S. 384 (1951)
• Ziffrin, Inc. v. Reeves · 308 U.S. 132 (1939)
• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar · 421 U.S. 773 (1975)
• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona · 433 U.S. 350 (1977)
• City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 435 U.S. 389 (1978)
• Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. · 340 U.S. 211 (1951)
• Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. v. Hostetter · 384 U.S. 35 (1966)
• Hostetter v. Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. · 377 U.S. 324 (1964)
• Nippert v. City of Richmond · 327 U.S. 416 (1946)
• Burke v. Ford · 389 U.S. 320 (1967)
• Wisconsin v. Constantineau · 400 U.S. 433 (1971)
• Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States · 356 U.S. 1 (1958)
• United States v. Topco Associates, Inc. · 405 U.S. 596 (1972)
• Atlantic Cleaners & Dyers, Inc. v. United States · 286 U.S. 427 (1932)
• United States v. Parke, Davis & Co. · 362 U.S. 29 (1960)
• Albrecht v. Herald Co. · 390 U.S. 145 (1968)
• Cantor v. Detroit Edison Co. · 428 U.S. 579 (1976)
• Indiana Ex Rel. Anderson v. Brand · 303 U.S. 95 (1938)
• United States v. Frankfort Distilleries, Inc. · 324 U.S. 293 (1945)
• Hooven & Allison Co. v. Evatt · 324 U.S. 652 (1945)
• United States v. A. Schrader's Son, Inc. · 252 U.S. 85 (1920)
• Mahoney v. Joseph Triner Corp. · 304 U.S. 401 (1938)

Cited by

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

• 324 Liquor Corp. v. Duffy · 479 U.S. 335 (1987)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Ticor Title Insurance · 504 U.S. 621 (1992)
• Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc. v. United States · 471 U.S. 48 (1985)
• Hoover v. Ronwin · 466 U.S. 558 (1984)
• Fisher v. City of Berkeley · 475 U.S. 260 (1986)
• Capital Cities Cable, Inc. v. Crisp · 467 U.S. 691 (1984)
• Community Communications Co. v. City of Boulder · 455 U.S. 40 (1982)
• Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas · 588 U.S. 504 (2019)
• Town of Hallie v. City of Eau Claire · 471 U.S. 34 (1985)
• Rice v. Norman Williams Co. · 458 U.S. 654 (1982)
• Bacchus Imports, Ltd. v. Dias · 468 U.S. 263 (1984)
• Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc. · 551 U.S. 877 (2007)
• James B. Beam Distilling Co. v. Georgia · 501 U.S. 529 (1991)
• 44 Liquormart, Inc. v. Rhode Island · 517 U.S. 484 (1996)
• Brown-Forman Distillers Corp. v. New York State Liquor Authority · 476 U.S. 573 (1986)
• Healy v. Beer Institute · 491 U.S. 324 (1989)
• Granholm v. Heald · 544 U.S. 460 (2005)
• North Dakota v. United States · 495 U.S. 423 (1990)
• Patrick v. Burget · 486 U.S. 94 (1988)
• Hernandez v. New York · 500 U.S. 352 (1991)
• South Dakota v. Dole · 483 U.S. 203 (1987)
• Maislin Industries, U. S., Inc. v. Primary Steel, Inc. · 497 U.S. 116 (1990)
• Larkin v. Grendel's Den, Inc. · 459 U.S. 116 (1982)
• Hathorn v. Lovorn · 457 U.S. 255 (1982)
• New York State Liquor Authority v. Bellanca · 452 U.S. 714 (1981)

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