City of Chicago v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. et al.

Decided June 16, 1958. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 103 · 357 U.S. 77 (1958) · Cited 215 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.

• Public Util. Comm'n of Cal. v. United States · 355 U.S. 534 (1958)
• Buck v. Kuykendall · 267 U.S. 307 (1925)
• Bell v. Hood · 327 U.S. 678 (1946)
• Hines v. Davidowitz · 312 U.S. 52 (1941)
• Public Serv. Comm'n of Utah v. Wycoff Co. · 344 U.S. 237 (1952)
• Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. McLaughlin · 323 U.S. 101 (1944)
• Toomer v. Witsell · 334 U.S. 385 (1948)
• Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdory · 325 U.S. 450 (1945)
• Staub v. City of Baxley · 355 U.S. 313 (1958)
• Tennessee Electric Power Co. v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 306 U.S. 118 (1939)
• Smith v. Cahoon · 283 U.S. 553 (1931)
• Alabama Power Co. v. Ickes · 302 U.S. 464 (1938)
• Pennsylvania v. Nelson · 350 U.S. 497 (1956)
• First Iowa Hydro-Electric Cooperative v. Federal Power Commission · 328 U.S. 152 (1946)
• Cloverleaf Butter Co. v. Patterson, Commissioner of Agriculture & Industries · 315 U.S. 148 (1942)
• California v. Thompson · 313 U.S. 109 (1941)
• Capitol Greyhound Lines v. Brice · 339 U.S. 542 (1950)
• Pope v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 345 U.S. 379 (1953)
• H. P. Welch Co. v. New Hampshire · 306 U.S. 79 (1939)

Cited by

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

• Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. v. Kalo Brick & Tile Co. · 450 U.S. 311 (1981)
• Clay v. Sun Ins. Office Ltd. · 363 U.S. 207 (1960)
• Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · 397 U.S. 150 (1970)
• Doran v. Salem Inn, Inc. · 422 U.S. 922 (1975)
• Baggett v. Bullitt · 377 U.S. 360 (1964)
• County of Allegheny v. Frank Mashuda Co. · 360 U.S. 185 (1959)
• Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of Thibodaux · 360 U.S. 25 (1959)
• Hanson v. Denckla · 357 U.S. 235 (1958)
• Sierra Club v. Morton · 405 U.S. 727 (1972)
• City of New Orleans v. Dukes · 427 U.S. 297 (1976)
• City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. · 475 U.S. 41 (1986)
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts · 472 U.S. 797 (1985)
• Zwickler v. Koota · 389 U.S. 241 (1967)
• Barlow v. Collins · 397 U.S. 159 (1970)
• Palazzolo v. Rhode Island · 533 U.S. 606 (2001)
• Harman v. Forssenius · 380 U.S. 528 (1965)
• Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists · 476 U.S. 747 (1986)
• Harris County Commissioners Court v. Moore · 420 U.S. 77 (1975)
• City of El Paso v. Simmons · 379 U.S. 497 (1965)
• Hardin v. Kentucky Utilities Co. · 390 U.S. 1 (1968)

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