Huron Portland Cement Co. v. City of Detroit et al.

Decided April 25, 1960. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 86 · 362 U.S. 440 (1960) · Cited 626 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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.

• Kelly v. Washington Ex Rel. Foss Co. · 302 U.S. 1 (1937)
• Smith v. Maryland · 59 U.S. 71 (1855)
• Bibb v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc. · 359 U.S. 520 (1959)
• Napier v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 272 U.S. 605 (1926)
• H. P. Welch Co. v. New Hampshire · 306 U.S. 79 (1939)
• Gibbons v. Ogden · 22 U.S. 1 (1824)
• Maurer v. Hamilton · 309 U.S. 598 (1940)
• Morgan's Steamship Co. v. Louisiana Board of Health · 118 U.S. 455 (1886)
• Asbell v. Kansas · 209 U.S. 251 (1908)
• SHERLOCK v. Alling, AdmInistrator · 93 U.S. 99 (1876)
• Minnesota v. Barber · 136 U.S. 313 (1890)
• Reid v. Colorado · 187 U.S. 137 (1902)
• Hall v. DeCuir · 95 U.S. 485 (1878)
• Hennington v. Georgia · 163 U.S. 299 (1896)
• State of Penn. v. THE WHEELING &C. BRIDGE CO. · 54 U.S. 518 (1852)
• California v. Zook · 336 U.S. 725 (1949)
• Morgan v. Virginia · 328 U.S. 373 (1946)
• Austin v. Tennessee · 179 U.S. 343 (1900)
• California v. Thompson · 313 U.S. 109 (1941)
• Milk Control Board v. Eisenberg Farm Products · 306 U.S. 346 (1939)
• Sinnot v. Davenport · 63 U.S. 227 (1859)
• Pennsylvania Gas Co. v. Public Service Commission · 252 U.S. 23 (1920)
• Erie Railroad v. New York · 233 U.S. 671 (1914)

Cited by

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• Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · 435 U.S. 151 (1978)
• Askew v. American Waterways Operators, Inc. · 411 U.S. 325 (1973)
• Douglas v. Seacoast Products, Inc. · 431 U.S. 265 (1977)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul · 373 U.S. 132 (1963)
• Head v. New Mexico Board of Examiners in Optometry · 374 U.S. 424 (1963)
• Kossick v. United Fruit Co. · 365 U.S. 731 (1961)
• New York State Department of Social Services v. Dublino · 413 U.S. 405 (1973)
• Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison · 520 U.S. 564 (1997)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Ware · 414 U.S. 117 (1973)
• Miller v. California · 413 U.S. 15 (1973)
• Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc. · 397 U.S. 137 (1970)
• English v. General Electric Co. · 496 U.S. 72 (1990)
• Arizona v. United States · 567 U.S. 387 (2012)
• Gade v. National Solid Wastes Management Assn. · 505 U.S. 88 (1992)
• Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland · 437 U.S. 117 (1978)
• Edgar v. Mite Corp. · 457 U.S. 624 (1982)
• Hughes v. Oklahoma · 441 U.S. 322 (1979)
• Yamaha Motor Corp., USA v. Calhoun · 516 U.S. 199 (1996)
• International Paper Co. v. Ouellette · 479 U.S. 481 (1987)
• City of Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal, Inc. · 411 U.S. 624 (1973)
• Hughes v. Alexandria Scrap Corp. · 426 U.S. 794 (1976)
• Lewis v. BT Investment Managers, Inc. · 447 U.S. 27 (1980)
• General Motors Corp. v. Tracy · 519 U.S. 278 (1997)
• Community Communications Co. v. City of Boulder · 455 U.S. 40 (1982)
• Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. v. Hostetter · 384 U.S. 35 (1966)
• Sperry v. Florida Ex Rel. Florida Bar · 373 U.S. 379 (1963)
• Raymond Motor Transportation, Inc. v. Rice · 434 U.S. 429 (1978)
• Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp. of Del. · 450 U.S. 662 (1981)
• Rice v. Norman Williams Co. · 458 U.S. 654 (1982)
• Engine Manufacturers Ass'n v. South Coast Air Quality Management District · 541 U.S. 246 (2004)

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