Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Co. v. Calvert, Comptroller of Public Accounts, et al.

Decided February 8, 1954. Tom C. Clark delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 198 · 347 U.S. 157 (1954) · Cited 190 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Western Live Stock v. Bureau of Revenue · 303 U.S. 250 (1938)
• UTAH POWER & LIGHT CO. v. PFOST, COMMISSIONER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, Et Al. · 286 U.S. 165 (1932)
• Memphis Natural Gas Co. v. Stone · 335 U.S. 80 (1948)
• Gloucester Ferry Co. v. Pennsylvania · 114 U.S. 196 (1885)
• McGoldrick v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Co. · 309 U.S. 33 (1940)
• McLeod v. J. E. Dilworth Co. · 322 U.S. 327 (1944)
• Nippert v. City of Richmond · 327 U.S. 416 (1946)
• Richfield Oil Corp. v. State Board of Equalization · 329 U.S. 69 (1946)
• Puget Sound Stevedoring Co. v. State Tax Commission · 302 U.S. 90 (1937)
• Edelman v. Boeing Air Transport, Inc. · 289 U.S. 249 (1933)

Cited by

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

• Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana · 453 U.S. 609 (1981)
• Evansville-Vanderburgh Airport Authority District v. Delta Airlines, Inc. · 405 U.S. 707 (1972)
• Maryland v. Louisiana · 451 U.S. 725 (1981)
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin · 347 U.S. 672 (1954)
• Goldberg v. Sweet · 488 U.S. 252 (1989)
• General Motors Corp. v. Washington · 377 U.S. 436 (1964)
• Department of Revenue v. Ass'n of Washington Stevedoring Companies · 435 U.S. 734 (1978)
• Lehnhausen v. Lake Shore Auto Parts Co. · 410 U.S. 356 (1973)
• Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc. · 396 U.S. 229 (1969)
• Northwestern States Portland Cement Co. v. Minnesota · 358 U.S. 450 (1959)
• Federal Power Commission v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. · 365 U.S. 1 (1961)
• Braniff Airways, Inc. v. Nebraska State Board of Equalization & Assessment · 347 U.S. 590 (1954)
• Austin v. New Hampshire · 420 U.S. 656 (1975)

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