Hughes v. Oklahoma

Decided April 24, 1979. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 77-1439 · 441 U.S. 322 (1979) · Cited 760 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Geer v. Connecticut · 161 U.S. 519 (1896)
• Lacoste v. Department of Conservation of Louisiana · 263 U.S. 545 (1924)
• Foster-Fountain Packing Co. v. Haydel · 278 U.S. 1 (1928)
• West v. Kansas Natural Gas Co. · 221 U.S. 229 (1911)
• Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc. · 397 U.S. 137 (1970)
• Toomer v. Witsell · 334 U.S. 385 (1948)
• H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Du Mond · 336 U.S. 525 (1949)
• Pennsylvania v. West Virginia · 262 U.S. 553 (1923)
• Douglas v. Seacoast Products, Inc. · 431 U.S. 265 (1977)
• City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey · 437 U.S. 617 (1978)
• Baldwin v. Fish and Game Comm'n of Mont. · 436 U.S. 371 (1978)
• Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission · 432 U.S. 333 (1977)
• Kleppe v. New Mexico · 426 U.S. 529 (1976)
• Gibbons v. Ogden · 22 U.S. 1 (1824)
• Takahashi v. Fish & Game Commission · 334 U.S. 410 (1948)
• Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill · 437 U.S. 153 (1978)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul · 373 U.S. 132 (1963)
• Parker v. Brown · 317 U.S. 341 (1943)
• Huron Portland Cement Co. v. City of Detroit · 362 U.S. 440 (1960)
• Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona Ex Rel. Sullivan · 325 U.S. 761 (1945)
• Patsone v. Pennsylvania · 232 U.S. 138 (1914)
• SHERLOCK v. Alling, AdmInistrator · 93 U.S. 99 (1876)
• WILLSON AND OTHERS v. the Black Bird Creek Marsh Company · 27 U.S. 245 (1829)
• McCready v. Virginia · 94 U.S. 391 (1877)
• Hicklin v. Orbeck · 437 U.S. 518 (1978)
• Ohio Oil Company v. Indiana · 177 U.S. 190 (1900)
• Hall v. DeCuir · 95 U.S. 485 (1878)
• Manchester v. Massachusetts · 139 U.S. 240 (1891)
• New York Ex Rel. Silz v. Hesterberg · 211 U.S. 31 (1908)
• Smith v. Maryland · 59 U.S. 71 (1855)

Cited by

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• Maine v. Taylor · 477 U.S. 131 (1986)
• Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison · 520 U.S. 564 (1997)
• Comptroller of Treasury of Md. v. Wynne · 575 U.S. 542 (2015)
• Department of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis · 553 U.S. 328 (2008)
• Reeves, Inc. v. Stake · 447 U.S. 429 (1980)
• Oregon Waste Systems, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Quality of Ore. · 511 U.S. 93 (1994)
• New Energy Co. of Indiana v. Limbach · 486 U.S. 269 (1988)
• Sporhase v. Nebraska Ex Rel. Douglas · 458 U.S. 941 (1982)
• Lewis v. BT Investment Managers, Inc. · 447 U.S. 27 (1980)
• United Haulers Ass'n v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority · 550 U.S. 330 (2007)
• Fulton Corp. v. Faulkner · 516 U.S. 325 (1996)
• Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas · 588 U.S. 504 (2019)
• C & a Carbone, Inc. v. Town of Clarkstown · 511 U.S. 383 (1994)
• CTS Corp. v. Dynamics Corp. of America · 481 U.S. 69 (1987)
• Dennis v. Higgins · 498 U.S. 439 (1991)
• Wyoming v. Oklahoma · 502 U.S. 437 (1992)
• South-Central Timber Development, Inc. v. Wunnicke · 467 U.S. 82 (1984)
• Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt · 504 U.S. 334 (1992)
• Payne v. Tennessee · 501 U.S. 808 (1991)
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• Gade v. National Solid Wastes Management Assn. · 505 U.S. 88 (1992)
• Bacchus Imports, Ltd. v. Dias · 468 U.S. 263 (1984)
• Andrus v. Allard · 444 U.S. 51 (1979)
• Healy v. Beer Institute · 491 U.S. 324 (1989)
• Wardair Canada Inc. v. Florida Department of Revenue · 477 U.S. 1 (1986)
• Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Jefferson Lines, Inc. · 514 U.S. 175 (1995)
• Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana · 453 U.S. 609 (1981)
• Granholm v. Heald · 544 U.S. 460 (2005)
• American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Scheiner · 483 U.S. 266 (1987)
• Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. v. Arkansas Public Service Commission · 461 U.S. 375 (1983)

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