Evansville-Vanderburgh Airport Authority District et al. v. Delta Airlines, Inc., et al.

Decided April 19, 1972. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 70-99 · 405 U.S. 707 (1972) · Cited 232 times

Holding

The charges imposed in these cases are constitutional.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–1.

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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.

• Crandall v. Nevada · 73 U.S. 35 (1868)
• Shapiro v. Thompson · 394 U.S. 618 (1969)
• Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Co. v. Calvert · 347 U.S. 157 (1954)
• United States v. Guest · 383 U.S. 745 (1966)
• Oregon v. Mitchell · 400 U.S. 112 (1970)
• Edwards v. California · 314 U.S. 160 (1941)
• Helson & Randolph v. Kentucky · 279 U.S. 245 (1929)
• Capitol Greyhound Lines v. Brice · 339 U.S. 542 (1950)
• Murdock v. Pennsylvania · 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
• Kent v. Dulles · 357 U.S. 116 (1958)
• Freeman v. Hewit · 329 U.S. 249 (1946)
• Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. O'Connor · 340 U.S. 602 (1951)
• Colgate v. Harvey · 296 U.S. 404 (1935)
• Clark v. Poor · 274 U.S. 554 (1927)
• Aero Mayflower Transit Co. v. Board of Railroad Commissioners · 332 U.S. 495 (1947)
• Griffin v. Breckenridge · 403 U.S. 88 (1971)
• Graham v. Richardson · 403 U.S. 365 (1971)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Thomas v. Collins · 323 U.S. 516 (1945)
• F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. Virginia · 253 U.S. 412 (1920)
• Paul v. Virginia · 75 U.S. 168 (1869)
• Twining v. New Jersey · 211 U.S. 78 (1908)
• Baxstrom v. Herold · 383 U.S. 107 (1966)
• Carrington v. Rash · 380 U.S. 89 (1965)
• Rinaldi v. Yeager · 384 U.S. 305 (1966)
• Monongahela Navigation Co. v. United States · 148 U.S. 312 (1893)
• Harman v. Forssenius · 380 U.S. 528 (1965)
• Wisconsin v. J. C. Penney Co. · 311 U.S. 435 (1941)
• Louisville Gas & Electric Co. v. Coleman · 277 U.S. 32 (1928)
• Bibb v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc. · 359 U.S. 520 (1959)

Cited by

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

• Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. County of Kent · 510 U.S. 355 (1994)
• Oregon Waste Systems, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Quality of Ore. · 511 U.S. 93 (1994)
• Massachusetts v. United States · 435 U.S. 444 (1978)
• American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Scheiner · 483 U.S. 266 (1987)
• Memorial Hospital v. Maricopa County · 415 U.S. 250 (1974)
• Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana · 453 U.S. 609 (1981)
• United States v. United States Shoe Corp. · 523 U.S. 360 (1998)
• Aloha Airlines, Inc. v. Director of Taxation of Hawaii · 464 U.S. 7 (1983)
• Wardair Canada Inc. v. Florida Department of Revenue · 477 U.S. 1 (1986)
• Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Cottrell · 424 U.S. 366 (1976)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1972). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).