Dean Milk Co. v. City of Madison et al.

Decided January 15, 1951. Tom C. Clark delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 258 · 340 U.S. 349 (1951) · Cited 445 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.

• H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Du Mond · 336 U.S. 525 (1949)
• Baldwin v. G. A. F. Seelig, Inc. · 294 U.S. 511 (1935)
• Gibbons v. Ogden · 22 U.S. 1 (1824)
• Parker v. Brown · 317 U.S. 341 (1943)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• The Minnesota Rate Cases · 230 U.S. 352 (1913)
• Currin v. Wallace · 306 U.S. 1 (1939)
• Feiner v. New York · 340 U.S. 315 (1951)
• Minnesota v. Barber · 136 U.S. 313 (1890)
• Sprout v. South Bend · 277 U.S. 163 (1928)
• Brimmer v. Rebman · 138 U.S. 78 (1891)
• Union Brokerage Co. v. Jensen · 322 U.S. 202 (1944)
• Milk Control Board v. Eisenberg Farm Products · 306 U.S. 346 (1939)
• Capitol Greyhound Lines v. Brice · 339 U.S. 542 (1950)

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• United Haulers Ass'n v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority · 550 U.S. 330 (2007)
• Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland · 437 U.S. 117 (1978)
• C & a Carbone, Inc. v. Town of Clarkstown · 511 U.S. 383 (1994)
• Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Cottrell · 424 U.S. 366 (1976)
• Breard v. Alexandria · 341 U.S. 622 (1951)
• Hughes v. Alexandria Scrap Corp. · 426 U.S. 794 (1976)
• Fort Gratiot Sanitary Landfill, Inc. v. Michigan Department of Natural Resources · 504 U.S. 353 (1992)
• White v. Massachusetts Council of Construction Employers, Inc. · 460 U.S. 204 (1983)
• Department of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis · 553 U.S. 328 (2008)
• Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission · 432 U.S. 333 (1977)
• Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic · 506 U.S. 263 (1993)
• Maine v. Taylor · 477 U.S. 131 (1986)
• New Energy Co. of Indiana v. Limbach · 486 U.S. 269 (1988)
• West Lynn Creamery, Inc. v. Healy · 512 U.S. 186 (1994)
• Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Reily · 373 U.S. 64 (1963)
• National Pork Producers Council v. Ross · 598 U.S. 356 (2023)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul · 373 U.S. 132 (1963)
• Shelton v. Tucker · 364 U.S. 479 (1960)
• Smith v. California · 361 U.S. 147 (1959)
• Maryland v. Louisiana · 451 U.S. 725 (1981)
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• Bacchus Imports, Ltd. v. Dias · 468 U.S. 263 (1984)
• General Motors Corp. v. Tracy · 519 U.S. 278 (1997)
• Boston Stock Exchange v. State Tax Commission · 429 U.S. 318 (1977)
• Cantor v. Detroit Edison Co. · 428 U.S. 579 (1976)
• Granholm v. Heald · 544 U.S. 460 (2005)
• Feiner v. New York · 340 U.S. 315 (1951)
• United Building & Constr. Trades Council of Camden Cty. v. Mayor and Council of Camden · 465 U.S. 208 (1984)
• American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Scheiner · 483 U.S. 266 (1987)
• Fulton Corp. v. Faulkner · 516 U.S. 325 (1996)

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