Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., et al. v. Hostetter, Chairman, New York State Liquor Authority, et al.

Decided April 19, 1966. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 545 · 384 U.S. 35 (1966) · Cited 368 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.

• United States v. Frankfort Distilleries, Inc. · 324 U.S. 293 (1945)
• Baldwin v. G. A. F. Seelig, Inc. · 294 U.S. 511 (1935)
• Ziffrin, Inc. v. Reeves · 308 U.S. 132 (1939)
• State Bd. of Equalization of Cal. v. Young's Market Co. · 299 U.S. 59 (1936)
• Mahoney v. Joseph Triner Corp. · 304 U.S. 401 (1938)
• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 348 U.S. 483 (1955)
• Nebbia v. New York · 291 U.S. 502 (1934)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• Bowles v. Willingham · 321 U.S. 503 (1944)
• Huron Portland Cement Co. v. City of Detroit · 362 U.S. 440 (1960)
• Opp Cotton Mills, Inc. v. Administrator of the Wage & Hour Division of the Department of Labor · 312 U.S. 126 (1941)
• South Carolina State Highway Department v. Barnwell Bros. · 303 U.S. 177 (1938)
• Hostetter v. Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. · 377 U.S. 324 (1964)
• Hoopeston Canning Co. v. Cullen · 318 U.S. 313 (1943)
• Nippert v. City of Richmond · 327 U.S. 416 (1946)
• Roschen v. Ward · 279 U.S. 337 (1929)
• Maple Flooring Manufacturers Ass'n v. United States · 268 U.S. 563 (1925)
• O'Gorman & Young, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. · 282 U.S. 251 (1931)
• Collins v. Yosemite Park & Curry Co. · 304 U.S. 518 (1938)
• Osborn v. Ozlin · 310 U.S. 53 (1940)
• American Column & Lumber Co. v. United States · 257 U.S. 377 (1921)
• Townsend v. Yeomans · 301 U.S. 441 (1937)
• Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. Agnew · 329 U.S. 441 (1947)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Brown-Forman Distillers Corp. v. New York State Liquor Authority · 476 U.S. 573 (1986)
• Healy v. Beer Institute · 491 U.S. 324 (1989)
• Rice v. Norman Williams Co. · 458 U.S. 654 (1982)
• California v. LaRue · 409 U.S. 109 (1972)
• Bacchus Imports, Ltd. v. Dias · 468 U.S. 263 (1984)
• Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. · 455 U.S. 489 (1982)
• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc. · 445 U.S. 97 (1980)
• Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland · 437 U.S. 117 (1978)
• Payne v. Tennessee · 501 U.S. 808 (1991)
• City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. · 486 U.S. 750 (1988)
• Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Ohio · 471 U.S. 626 (1985)
• James B. Beam Distilling Co. v. Georgia · 501 U.S. 529 (1991)
• Community Communications Co. v. City of Boulder · 455 U.S. 40 (1982)
• Fisher v. City of Berkeley · 475 U.S. 260 (1986)

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