Memphis Natural Gas Co. v. Stone, Chairman, State Tax Commission

Decided June 21, 1948. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 94 · 335 U.S. 80 (1948) · Cited 120 times

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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.

• McLeod v. J. E. Dilworth Co. · 322 U.S. 327 (1944)
• Freeman v. Hewit · 329 U.S. 249 (1946)
• Nippert v. City of Richmond · 327 U.S. 416 (1946)
• Western Live Stock v. Bureau of Revenue · 303 U.S. 250 (1938)
• Ozark Pipe Line Corp. v. Monier · 266 U.S. 555 (1925)
• Aero Mayflower Transit Co. v. Board of Railroad Commissioners · 332 U.S. 495 (1947)
• Crutcher v. Kentucky · 141 U.S. 47 (1891)
• Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Texas · 210 U.S. 217 (1908)
• Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Minnesota · 322 U.S. 292 (1944)
• Wisconsin v. J. C. Penney Co. · 311 U.S. 435 (1941)
• Prudential Insurance v. Benjamin · 328 U.S. 408 (1946)
• Dahnke-Walker Milling Co. v. Bondurant · 257 U.S. 282 (1921)
• International Textbook Co. v. Pigg · 217 U.S. 91 (1910)
• Kelly v. Washington Ex Rel. Foss Co. · 302 U.S. 1 (1937)
• McGoldrick v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Co. · 309 U.S. 33 (1940)
• Colorado v. United States · 271 U.S. 153 (1926)
• Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Public Service Commission · 332 U.S. 507 (1947)
• J. D. Adams Manufacturing Co. v. Storen · 304 U.S. 307 (1938)
• Skiriotes v. Florida · 313 U.S. 69 (1941)
• Gwin, White & Prince, Inc. v. Henneford · 305 U.S. 434 (1939)
• UTAH POWER & LIGHT CO. v. PFOST, COMMISSIONER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, Et Al. · 286 U.S. 165 (1932)
• Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Attorney General of Commonwealth · 125 U.S. 530 (1888)
• Central Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Mealey · 334 U.S. 653 (1948)
• Kessler v. Strecker · 307 U.S. 22 (1939)
• Best & Co. v. Maxwell · 311 U.S. 454 (1940)
• Union Brokerage Co. v. Jensen · 322 U.S. 202 (1944)
• Wallace v. Hines · 253 U.S. 66 (1920)
• Helson & Randolph v. Kentucky · 279 U.S. 245 (1929)
• Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Backus · 154 U.S. 439 (1894)
• International Harvester Co. v. Evatt · 329 U.S. 416 (1947)

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• Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady · 430 U.S. 274 (1977)
• Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. O'Connor · 340 U.S. 602 (1951)
• Quill Corp. v. North Dakota Ex Rel. Heitkamp · 504 U.S. 298 (1992)
• Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Co. v. Calvert · 347 U.S. 157 (1954)
• Department of Revenue v. Ass'n of Washington Stevedoring Companies · 435 U.S. 734 (1978)
• National Geographic Society v. California Board of Equalization · 430 U.S. 551 (1977)
• D. H. Holmes Co., Ltd. v. McNamara · 486 U.S. 24 (1988)

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