New Motor Vehicle Board of California et al. v. Orrin W. Fox Co. et al.

Decided December 5, 1978. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 77-837 · 439 U.S. 96 (1978) · Cited 283 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.

• Fuentes v. Shevin · 407 U.S. 67 (1972)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp. · 341 U.S. 384 (1951)
• North Dakota State Board of Pharmacy v. Snyder's Drug Stores, Inc. · 414 U.S. 156 (1973)
• Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co. · 312 U.S. 496 (1941)
• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 348 U.S. 483 (1955)
• Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland · 437 U.S. 117 (1978)
• Lincoln Federal Labor Union v. Northwestern Iron & Metal Co. · 335 U.S. 525 (1949)
• Conley v. Gibson · 355 U.S. 41 (1957)
• Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · 408 U.S. 564 (1972)
• Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · 339 U.S. 306 (1950)
• Goldberg v. Kelly · 397 U.S. 254 (1970)
• Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• Bell v. Burson · 402 U.S. 535 (1971)
• Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. · 365 U.S. 127 (1961)
• Nebbia v. New York · 291 U.S. 502 (1934)
• United Mine Workers v. Pennington · 381 U.S. 657 (1965)
• Parker v. Brown · 317 U.S. 341 (1943)
• Wisconsin v. Constantineau · 400 U.S. 433 (1971)
• California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited · 404 U.S. 508 (1972)
• Gibson v. Berryhill · 411 U.S. 564 (1973)
• Mitchell v. W. T. Grant Co. · 416 U.S. 600 (1974)
• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona · 433 U.S. 350 (1977)
• United States v. Carolene Products Co. · 304 U.S. 144 (1938)
• Zemel v. Rusk · 381 U.S. 1 (1965)
• North Georgia Finishing, Inc. v. Di-Chem, Inc. · 419 U.S. 601 (1975)
• City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 435 U.S. 389 (1978)
• Carter v. Carter Coal Co. · 298 U.S. 238 (1936)
• Bi-Metallic Investment Co. v. State Board of Equalization · 239 U.S. 441 (1915)

Cited by

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

• Community Communications Co. v. City of Boulder · 455 U.S. 40 (1982)
• California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc. · 445 U.S. 97 (1980)
• Hoover v. Ronwin · 466 U.S. 558 (1984)
• Rice v. Norman Williams Co. · 458 U.S. 654 (1982)
• Bell v. Wolfish · 441 U.S. 520 (1979)
• Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff · 467 U.S. 229 (1984)
• Barry v. Barchi · 443 U.S. 55 (1979)
• Town of Hallie v. City of Eau Claire · 471 U.S. 34 (1985)
• Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana · 453 U.S. 609 (1981)
• Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc. v. United States · 471 U.S. 48 (1985)
• 324 Liquor Corp. v. Duffy · 479 U.S. 335 (1987)

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