J. Paul Preseault, et Ux. v. Interstate Commerce Commission et al.

Decided February 21, 1990. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 88-1076 · 494 U.S. 1 (1990) · Cited 673 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.

• Regional Rail Reorganization Act Cases · 419 U.S. 102 (1974)
• Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co. · 467 U.S. 986 (1984)
• First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los Angeles · 482 U.S. 304 (1987)
• Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. v. Kalo Brick & Tile Co. · 450 U.S. 311 (1981)
• Kaiser Aetna v. United States · 444 U.S. 164 (1979)
• Hayfield Northern Railroad v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. · 467 U.S. 622 (1984)
• Nollan v. California Coastal Commission · 483 U.S. 825 (1987)
• United States v. Causby · 328 U.S. 256 (1946)
• Webb's Fabulous Pharmacies, Inc. v. Beckwith · 449 U.S. 155 (1980)
• Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City · 473 U.S. 172 (1985)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc. · 452 U.S. 264 (1981)
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States · 379 U.S. 241 (1964)
• United States v. Riverside Bayview Homes, Inc. · 474 U.S. 121 (1985)
• Hodel v. Indiana · 452 U.S. 314 (1981)
• Yearsley v. W. A. Ross Construction Co. · 309 U.S. 18 (1940)
• Cherokee Nation v. Southern Kansas Railway Co. · 135 U.S. 641 (1890)
• Colorado v. United States · 271 U.S. 153 (1926)
• Great Northern Railway Co. v. United States · 315 U.S. 262 (1942)
• Portsmouth Harbor Land & Hotel Co. v. United States · 260 U.S. 327 (1922)
• Hooe v. United States · 218 U.S. 322 (1910)

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• United States v. Lopez · 514 U.S. 549 (1995)
• Knick v. Township of Scott · 588 U.S. 180 (2019)
• Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. SW Gen., Inc. · 580 U.S. 288 (2017)
• Dolan v. City of Tigard · 512 U.S. 374 (1994)
• Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel · 524 U.S. 498 (1998)
• Elgin v. Department of the Treasury · 567 U.S. 1 (2012)

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