Exxon Corp. et al. v. Governor of Maryland et al.

Decided June 14, 1978. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 77-10 · 437 U.S. 117 (1978) · Cited 846 times

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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.

• Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission · 432 U.S. 333 (1977)
• Dean Milk Co. v. City of Madison · 340 U.S. 349 (1951)
• Best & Co. v. Maxwell · 311 U.S. 454 (1940)
• Hughes v. Alexandria Scrap Corp. · 426 U.S. 794 (1976)
• Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. v. Hostetter · 384 U.S. 35 (1966)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Sun Oil Co. · 371 U.S. 505 (1963)
• Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States · 356 U.S. 1 (1958)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• Huron Portland Cement Co. v. City of Detroit · 362 U.S. 440 (1960)
• Breard v. Alexandria · 341 U.S. 622 (1951)
• De Canas v. Bica · 424 U.S. 351 (1976)
• Baldwin v. G. A. F. Seelig, Inc. · 294 U.S. 511 (1935)
• White Motor Co. v. United States · 372 U.S. 253 (1963)
• H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Du Mond · 336 U.S. 525 (1949)
• Lincoln Federal Labor Union v. Northwestern Iron & Metal Co. · 335 U.S. 525 (1949)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Ware · 414 U.S. 117 (1973)
• Minnesota v. Barber · 136 U.S. 313 (1890)
• United States v. Frankfort Distilleries, Inc. · 324 U.S. 293 (1945)
• Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Reily · 373 U.S. 64 (1963)
• Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois · 118 U.S. 557 (1886)
• Standard Oil Co. v. Federal Trade Commission · 340 U.S. 231 (1951)

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• Lewis v. BT Investment Managers, Inc. · 447 U.S. 27 (1980)
• National Pork Producers Council v. Ross · 598 U.S. 356 (2023)
• Community Communications Co. v. City of Boulder · 455 U.S. 40 (1982)
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• CTS Corp. v. Dynamics Corp. of America · 481 U.S. 69 (1987)
• Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana · 453 U.S. 609 (1981)
• United Haulers Ass'n v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority · 550 U.S. 330 (2007)
• Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. v. Arkansas Public Service Commission · 461 U.S. 375 (1983)
• Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison · 520 U.S. 564 (1997)
• West Lynn Creamery, Inc. v. Healy · 512 U.S. 186 (1994)
• New Motor Vehicle Bd. of Cal. v. Orrin W. Fox Co. · 439 U.S. 96 (1978)
• Rice v. Norman Williams Co. · 458 U.S. 654 (1982)
• Fisher v. City of Berkeley · 475 U.S. 260 (1986)
• Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. · 455 U.S. 489 (1982)
• Lingle v. Chevron U. S. A. Inc. · 544 U.S. 528 (2005)
• PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins · 447 U.S. 74 (1980)
• Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff · 467 U.S. 229 (1984)
• C & a Carbone, Inc. v. Town of Clarkstown · 511 U.S. 383 (1994)
• California v. ARC America Corp. · 490 U.S. 93 (1989)
• Amerada Hess Corp. v. Director, Division of Taxation, New Jersey Department of the Treasury · 490 U.S. 66 (1989)

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