Maine v. Taylor et al.

Decided June 24, 1986. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 85-62 · 477 U.S. 131 (1986) · Cited 702 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Hughes v. Oklahoma · 441 U.S. 322 (1979)
• City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey · 437 U.S. 617 (1978)
• Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission · 432 U.S. 333 (1977)
• Diamond v. Charles · 476 U.S. 54 (1986)
• Lewis v. BT Investment Managers, Inc. · 447 U.S. 27 (1980)
• Boston Stock Exchange v. State Tax Commission · 429 U.S. 318 (1977)
• Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · 470 U.S. 564 (1985)
• Pullman-Standard v. Swint · 456 U.S. 273 (1982)
• Bacchus Imports, Ltd. v. Dias · 468 U.S. 263 (1984)
• Dean Milk Co. v. City of Madison · 340 U.S. 349 (1951)
• South-Central Timber Development, Inc. v. Wunnicke · 467 U.S. 82 (1984)
• Thomas v. Arn · 474 U.S. 140 (1985)
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc. · 466 U.S. 485 (1984)
• Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · 395 U.S. 100 (1969)
• Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc. · 397 U.S. 137 (1970)
• Linda R. S. v. Richard D. · 410 U.S. 614 (1973)
• Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill · 437 U.S. 153 (1978)
• Doran v. Salem Inn, Inc. · 422 U.S. 922 (1975)
• Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp. · 464 U.S. 238 (1984)
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• Stoll v. Gottlieb · 305 U.S. 165 (1938)
• Alfred L. Snapp & Son, Inc. v. Puerto Rico Ex Rel. Barez · 458 U.S. 592 (1982)
• 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)
• City of El Paso v. Simmons · 379 U.S. 497 (1965)
• United States v. Public Utilities Commission · 345 U.S. 295 (1953)
• Campbell v. United States · 373 U.S. 487 (1963)
• Heckler v. Edwards · 465 U.S. 870 (1984)
• Cappaert v. United States · 426 U.S. 128 (1976)
• Sporhase v. Nebraska Ex Rel. Douglas · 458 U.S. 941 (1982)

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• Hollingsworth v. Perry · 570 U.S. 693 (2013)
• Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison · 520 U.S. 564 (1997)
• Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt · 504 U.S. 334 (1992)
• Oregon Waste Systems, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Quality of Ore. · 511 U.S. 93 (1994)
• C & a Carbone, Inc. v. Town of Clarkstown · 511 U.S. 383 (1994)
• McBurney v. Young · 569 U.S. 221 (2013)
• Wyoming v. Oklahoma · 502 U.S. 437 (1992)
• Department of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis · 553 U.S. 328 (2008)
• Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. County of Kent · 510 U.S. 355 (1994)
• Comptroller of Treasury of Md. v. Wynne · 575 U.S. 542 (2015)
• Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas · 588 U.S. 504 (2019)
• Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP · 597 U.S. 179 (2022)
• Cameron v. EMW Women's Surgical Center, P. S. C. · 595 U.S. 267 (2022)
• New Energy Co. of Indiana v. Limbach · 486 U.S. 269 (1988)
• Fort Gratiot Sanitary Landfill, Inc. v. Michigan Department of Natural Resources · 504 U.S. 353 (1992)
• Kraft General Foods, Inc. v. Iowa Department of Revenue & Finance · 505 U.S. 71 (1992)
• Mallory v. Norfolk Southern R. Co · 600 U.S. 122 (2023)
• Hernandez v. New York · 500 U.S. 352 (1991)
• Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona · 520 U.S. 43 (1997)
• Healy v. Beer Institute · 491 U.S. 324 (1989)
• Granholm v. Heald · 544 U.S. 460 (2005)
• Barclays Bank PLC v. Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. · 512 U.S. 298 (1994)
• Hemphill v. New York · 595 U.S. 140 (2022)

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