Hicklin et al. v. Orbeck, Commissioner, Department of Labor of Alaska, et al.

Decided June 22, 1978. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 77-324 · 437 U.S. 518 (1978) · Cited 258 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Toomer v. Witsell · 334 U.S. 385 (1948)
• Baldwin v. Fish and Game Comm'n of Mont. · 436 U.S. 371 (1978)
• West v. Kansas Natural Gas Co. · 221 U.S. 229 (1911)
• Pennsylvania v. West Virginia · 262 U.S. 553 (1923)
• McCready v. Virginia · 94 U.S. 391 (1877)
• Foster-Fountain Packing Co. v. Haydel · 278 U.S. 1 (1928)
• Austin v. New Hampshire · 420 U.S. 656 (1975)
• Paul v. Virginia · 75 U.S. 168 (1869)
• Baldwin v. G. A. F. Seelig, Inc. · 294 U.S. 511 (1935)
• Edwards v. California · 314 U.S. 160 (1941)
• Sugarman v. Dougall · 413 U.S. 634 (1973)
• Trans Alaska Pipeline Rate Cases · 436 U.S. 631 (1978)
• Blake v. McClung · 172 U.S. 239 (1898)
• Mullaney v. Anderson · 342 U.S. 415 (1952)
• Douglas v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad · 279 U.S. 377 (1929)
• Missouri Ex Rel. Southern Railway Co. v. Mayfield · 340 U.S. 1 (1950)

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• United Building & Constr. Trades Council of Camden Cty. v. Mayor and Council of Camden · 465 U.S. 208 (1984)
• White v. Massachusetts Council of Construction Employers, Inc. · 460 U.S. 204 (1983)
• Zobel v. Williams · 457 U.S. 55 (1982)
• Supreme Court of NH v. Piper · 470 U.S. 274 (1985)
• McBurney v. Young · 569 U.S. 221 (2013)
• Saenz v. Roe · 526 U.S. 489 (1999)
• Fort Gratiot Sanitary Landfill, Inc. v. Michigan Department of Natural Resources · 504 U.S. 353 (1992)
• Sporhase v. Nebraska Ex Rel. Douglas · 458 U.S. 941 (1982)
• Hughes v. Oklahoma · 441 U.S. 322 (1979)
• Attorney General of New York v. Soto-Lopez · 476 U.S. 898 (1986)
• Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman · 487 U.S. 59 (1988)

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