City of Philadelphia et al. v. New Jersey et al.

Decided June 23, 1978. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 77-404 · 437 U.S. 617 (1978) · Cited 899 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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.

• Bowman v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. · 125 U.S. 465 (1888)
• Hughes v. Alexandria Scrap Corp. · 426 U.S. 794 (1976)
• Toomer v. Witsell · 334 U.S. 385 (1948)
• Baldwin v. G. A. F. Seelig, Inc. · 294 U.S. 511 (1935)
• Asbell v. Kansas · 209 U.S. 251 (1908)
• 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)
• Raymond Motor Transportation, Inc. v. Rice · 434 U.S. 429 (1978)
• Douglas v. Seacoast Products, Inc. · 431 U.S. 265 (1977)
• Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission · 432 U.S. 333 (1977)
• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 331 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc. · 397 U.S. 137 (1970)
• Jones v. Rath Packing Co. · 430 U.S. 519 (1977)
• Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · 435 U.S. 151 (1978)
• Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona Ex Rel. Sullivan · 325 U.S. 761 (1945)
• Pennsylvania v. West Virginia · 262 U.S. 553 (1923)
• City of Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal, Inc. · 411 U.S. 624 (1973)
• Edwards v. California · 314 U.S. 160 (1941)
• Buck v. Kuykendall · 267 U.S. 307 (1925)
• Reid v. Colorado · 187 U.S. 137 (1902)
• Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Cottrell · 424 U.S. 366 (1976)
• Sligh v. Kirkwood · 237 U.S. 52 (1915)
• Foster-Fountain Packing Co. v. Haydel · 278 U.S. 1 (1928)
• West v. Kansas Natural Gas Co. · 221 U.S. 229 (1911)

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• Fort Gratiot Sanitary Landfill, Inc. v. Michigan Department of Natural Resources · 504 U.S. 353 (1992)
• Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt · 504 U.S. 334 (1992)
• United Haulers Ass'n v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority · 550 U.S. 330 (2007)
• C & a Carbone, Inc. v. Town of Clarkstown · 511 U.S. 383 (1994)
• Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison · 520 U.S. 564 (1997)
• Oregon Waste Systems, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Quality of Ore. · 511 U.S. 93 (1994)
• Lewis v. BT Investment Managers, Inc. · 447 U.S. 27 (1980)
• Department of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis · 553 U.S. 328 (2008)
• Hughes v. Oklahoma · 441 U.S. 322 (1979)
• Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. · 491 U.S. 1 (1989)
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• Maine v. Taylor · 477 U.S. 131 (1986)
• Bacchus Imports, Ltd. v. Dias · 468 U.S. 263 (1984)
• McBurney v. Young · 569 U.S. 221 (2013)
• Reeves, Inc. v. Stake · 447 U.S. 429 (1980)
• Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp. of Del. · 450 U.S. 662 (1981)
• Comptroller of Treasury of Md. v. Wynne · 575 U.S. 542 (2015)
• Brown-Forman Distillers Corp. v. New York State Liquor Authority · 476 U.S. 573 (1986)
• General Motors Corp. v. Tracy · 519 U.S. 278 (1997)
• Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana · 453 U.S. 609 (1981)
• Granholm v. Heald · 544 U.S. 460 (2005)
• White v. Massachusetts Council of Construction Employers, Inc. · 460 U.S. 204 (1983)
• Fulton Corp. v. Faulkner · 516 U.S. 325 (1996)
• New England Power Co. v. New Hampshire · 455 U.S. 331 (1982)
• Sporhase v. Nebraska Ex Rel. Douglas · 458 U.S. 941 (1982)
• Associated Industries of Mo. v. Lohman · 511 U.S. 641 (1994)
• Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas · 588 U.S. 504 (2019)
• New York v. United States · 505 U.S. 144 (1992)
• Quill Corp. v. North Dakota Ex Rel. Heitkamp · 504 U.S. 298 (1992)
• New Energy Co. of Indiana v. Limbach · 486 U.S. 269 (1988)

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