Hunt, Governor of North Carolina, et al. v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission

Decided June 20, 1977. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 76-63 · 432 U.S. 333 (1977) · Cited 4,065 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

“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.

• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc. · 397 U.S. 137 (1970)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. · 298 U.S. 178 (1936)
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
• Dean Milk Co. v. City of Madison · 340 U.S. 349 (1951)
• Freeman v. Hewit · 329 U.S. 249 (1946)
• Packard v. Banton · 264 U.S. 140 (1924)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co. · 303 U.S. 283 (1938)
• Sierra Club v. Morton · 405 U.S. 727 (1972)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul · 373 U.S. 132 (1963)
• Snyder v. Harris · 394 U.S. 332 (1969)
• Greer v. Spock · 424 U.S. 828 (1976)
• Baldwin v. G. A. F. Seelig, Inc. · 294 U.S. 511 (1935)
• Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona Ex Rel. Sullivan · 325 U.S. 761 (1945)
• Meek v. Pittenger · 421 U.S. 349 (1975)
• Pacific States Box & Basket Co. v. White · 296 U.S. 176 (1935)
• Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Cottrell · 424 U.S. 366 (1976)
• Glenwood Light & Water Co. v. Mutual Light, Heat & Power Co. · 239 U.S. 121 (1915)

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• Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland · 437 U.S. 117 (1978)
• United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 751 v. Brown Group, Inc. · 517 U.S. 544 (1996)
• International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Brock · 477 U.S. 274 (1986)
• Wyoming v. Oklahoma · 502 U.S. 437 (1992)
• Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College · 600 U.S. 181 (2023)
• New York State Club Assn., Inc. v. City of New York · 487 U.S. 1 (1988)
• Hughes v. Oklahoma · 441 U.S. 322 (1979)
• Maine v. Taylor · 477 U.S. 131 (1986)
• Pennell v. City of San Jose · 485 U.S. 1 (1988)
• Department of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis · 553 U.S. 328 (2008)
• United Haulers Ass'n v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority · 550 U.S. 330 (2007)
• Comptroller of Treasury of Md. v. Wynne · 575 U.S. 542 (2015)
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• Lewis v. BT Investment Managers, Inc. · 447 U.S. 27 (1980)
• Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana · 453 U.S. 609 (1981)
• FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine · 602 U.S. 367 (2024)
• Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt · 504 U.S. 334 (1992)
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
• Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc. · 528 U.S. 167 (2000)
• Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation · 497 U.S. 871 (1990)
• Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona · 520 U.S. 43 (1997)
• Harris v. McRae · 448 U.S. 297 (1980)
• Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville · 508 U.S. 656 (1993)
• National Park Hospitality Association v. Department of the Interior · 538 U.S. 803 (2003)
• City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey · 437 U.S. 617 (1978)
• Oregon Waste Systems, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Quality of Ore. · 511 U.S. 93 (1994)
• Shalala v. Illinois Council on Long Term Care, Inc. · 529 U.S. 1 (2000)
• Bacchus Imports, Ltd. v. Dias · 468 U.S. 263 (1984)
• Alfred L. Snapp & Son, Inc. v. Puerto Rico Ex Rel. Barez · 458 U.S. 592 (1982)
• New Energy Co. of Indiana v. Limbach · 486 U.S. 269 (1988)

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