Nevada et al. v. Hall et al.

Decided March 5, 1979. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 77-1337 · 440 U.S. 410 (1979) · Cited 510 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Bradford Electric Light Co. v. Clapper · 286 U.S. 145 (1932)
• Pacific Employers Insurance v. Industrial Accident Comm'n · 306 U.S. 493 (1939)
• Principality of Monaco v. Mississippi · 292 U.S. 313 (1934)
• Edelman v. Jordan · 415 U.S. 651 (1974)
• Shapiro v. Thompson · 394 U.S. 618 (1969)
• United States v. Guest · 383 U.S. 745 (1966)
• Great Northern Life Insurance Co. v. Read · 322 U.S. 47 (1944)
• Crandall v. Nevada · 73 U.S. 35 (1868)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Moor v. County of Alameda · 411 U.S. 693 (1973)
• National League of Cities v. Usery · 426 U.S. 833 (1976)
• Kusper v. Pontikes · 414 U.S. 51 (1973)
• Ex Parte State of New York, No. 1 · 256 U.S. 490 (1921)
• United States v. Mississippi · 380 U.S. 128 (1965)
• Alaska Packers Assn. v. Industrial Accident Comm'n of Cal. · 294 U.S. 532 (1935)
• Smith v. Reeves · 178 U.S. 436 (1900)
• Beers Ex Rel. Platenius v. Arkansas · 61 U.S. 527 (1858)
• Kawananakoa v. Polyblank · 205 U.S. 349 (1907)
• Fry v. United States · 421 U.S. 542 (1975)
• Georgia v. City of Chattanooga · 264 U.S. 472 (1924)
• Cunningham v. MacOn & Brunswick R. Co. · 109 U.S. 446 (1883)

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• Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · 517 U.S. 44 (1996)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 465 U.S. 89 (1984)
• Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community · 572 U.S. 782 (2014)
• Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. · 523 U.S. 751 (1998)
• Thomas v. Washington Gas Light Co. · 448 U.S. 261 (1980)
• Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations v. City of New York · 551 U.S. 193 (2007)
• Georgia v. Public Resource.Org, Inc. · 590 U.S. 255 (2020)
• Ramos v. Louisiana · 590 U.S. 83 (2020)
• Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · 491 U.S. 58 (1989)
• Clinton v. Jones · 520 U.S. 681 (1997)
• Patsy v. Board of Regents of Fla. · 457 U.S. 496 (1982)
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts · 472 U.S. 797 (1985)
• United States v. Nordic Village, Inc. · 503 U.S. 30 (1992)
• Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents · 528 U.S. 62 (2000)
• College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board · 527 U.S. 666 (1999)
• Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority · 469 U.S. 528 (1985)
• United States v. Dalm · 494 U.S. 596 (1990)
• Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Citizen Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla. · 498 U.S. 505 (1991)
• McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Fla. Dept. of Business Regulation · 496 U.S. 18 (1990)
• Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. · 491 U.S. 1 (1989)
• Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe · 455 U.S. 130 (1982)
• Baker v. General Motors Corp. · 522 U.S. 222 (1998)
• U. S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton · 514 U.S. 779 (1995)
• Underwriters National Assurance Co. v. North Carolina Life & Accident & Health Insurance Guaranty Ass'n · 455 U.S. 691 (1982)
• Hilton v. South Carolina Public Railways Commission · 502 U.S. 197 (1991)
• Raygor v. Regents of the University of Minnesota · 534 U.S. 533 (2002)
• Ngiraingas v. Sanchez · 495 U.S. 182 (1990)

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