Fisher et al. v. City of Berkeley, California, et al.

Decided February 26, 1986. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 84-1538 · 475 U.S. 260 (1986) · Cited 203 times

Holding

The ordinance is not unconstitutional as being pre-empted by the Sherman Act.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Rice v. Norman Williams Co. · 458 U.S. 654 (1982)
• Community Communications Co. v. City of Boulder · 455 U.S. 40 (1982)
• California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc. · 445 U.S. 97 (1980)
• Parker v. Brown · 317 U.S. 341 (1943)
• Town of Hallie v. City of Eau Claire · 471 U.S. 34 (1985)
• Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp. · 341 U.S. 384 (1951)
• City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 435 U.S. 389 (1978)
• Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp. · 465 U.S. 752 (1984)
• Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland · 437 U.S. 117 (1978)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp. · 467 U.S. 752 (1984)
• Continental T. v. Inc. v. GTE Sylvania Inc. · 433 U.S. 36 (1977)
• American Tobacco Co. v. United States · 328 U.S. 781 (1946)
• National Society of Professional Engineers v. United States · 435 U.S. 679 (1978)
• United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Assn. · 166 U.S. 290 (1897)
• United States v. Parke, Davis & Co. · 362 U.S. 29 (1960)
• Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society · 457 U.S. 332 (1982)
• Cantor v. Detroit Edison Co. · 428 U.S. 579 (1976)
• Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. v. Hostetter · 384 U.S. 35 (1966)
• White v. Massachusetts Council of Construction Employers, Inc. · 460 U.S. 204 (1983)

Cited by

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

• City of Columbia v. Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc. · 499 U.S. 365 (1991)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Ticor Title Insurance · 504 U.S. 621 (1992)
• 324 Liquor Corp. v. Duffy · 479 U.S. 335 (1987)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1986). 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).