City of Tacoma v. Taxpayers of Tacoma et al.

Decided June 23, 1958. Charles Evans Whittaker delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 509 · 357 U.S. 320 (1958) · Cited 319 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Gibbons v. Ogden · 22 U.S. 1 (1824)
• Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. · 303 U.S. 41 (1938)
• Pennsylvania v. West Virginia · 262 U.S. 553 (1923)
• United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Co. · 311 U.S. 377 (1941)
• United States v. Corrick · 298 U.S. 435 (1936)
• First Iowa Hydro-Electric Cooperative v. Federal Power Commission · 328 U.S. 152 (1946)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Cheney California Lumber Co. · 327 U.S. 385 (1946)
• United States v. Twin City Power Co. · 350 U.S. 222 (1956)
• Kansas v. Colorado · 185 U.S. 125 (1902)

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• Lance v. Dennis · 546 U.S. 459 (2006)
• Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Assn. · 443 U.S. 658 (1979)
• Sullivan v. Finkelstein · 496 U.S. 617 (1990)
• Whitney National Bank in Jefferson Parish v. Bank of New Orleans & Trust Co. · 379 U.S. 411 (1965)
• California v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission · 495 U.S. 490 (1990)
• PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey · 594 U.S. 482 (2021)

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