Exxon Corp. v. Department of Revenue of Wisconsin

Decided June 10, 1980. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 79-509 · 447 U.S. 207 (1980) · Cited 278 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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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.

• Mobil Oil Corp. v. Commissioner of Taxes of Vt. · 445 U.S. 425 (1980)
• Butler Bros. v. McColgan, Franchise Tax Commissioner · 315 U.S. 501 (1942)
• Moorman Manufacturing Co. v. Bair · 437 U.S. 267 (1978)
• Underwood Typewriter Co. v. Chamberlain · 254 U.S. 113 (1920)
• Hans Rees' Sons, Inc. v. North Carolina Ex Rel. Maxwell · 283 U.S. 123 (1931)
• Japan Line, Ltd. v. County of Los Angeles · 441 U.S. 434 (1979)
• Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton, Ltd. v. State Tax Commission · 266 U.S. 271 (1924)
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Missouri State Tax Commission · 390 U.S. 317 (1968)
• Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady · 430 U.S. 274 (1977)
• Wisconsin v. J. C. Penney Co. · 311 U.S. 435 (1941)
• Northwestern States Portland Cement Co. v. Minnesota · 358 U.S. 450 (1959)
• National Bellas Hess, Inc. v. Department of Revenue · 386 U.S. 753 (1967)
• Department of Revenue v. Ass'n of Washington Stevedoring Companies · 435 U.S. 734 (1978)

Cited by

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

• ASARCO Inc. v. Idaho State Tax Commission · 458 U.S. 307 (1982)
• FW Woolworth Co. v. Taxation and Revenue Dept. of NM · 458 U.S. 354 (1982)
• Container Corp. of America v. Franchise Tax Board · 463 U.S. 159 (1983)
• Allied-Signal, Inc. Ex Rel. Bendix Corp. v. Director, Division of Taxation · 504 U.S. 768 (1992)
• Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana · 453 U.S. 609 (1981)
• Amerada Hess Corp. v. Director, Division of Taxation, New Jersey Department of the Treasury · 490 U.S. 66 (1989)
• Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe · 455 U.S. 130 (1982)
• Cotton Petroleum Corp. v. New Mexico · 490 U.S. 163 (1989)
• Atkinson Trading Co. v. Shirley · 532 U.S. 645 (2001)
• Johnson v. Fankell · 520 U.S. 911 (1997)
• Shell Oil Co. v. Iowa Department of Revenue · 488 U.S. 19 (1988)

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