North Dakota et al. v. United States

Decided May 21, 1990. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 88-926 · 495 U.S. 423 (1990) · Cited 227 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.

• United States v. Tax Comm'n of Miss. · 421 U.S. 599 (1975)
• Public Util. Comm'n of Cal. v. United States · 355 U.S. 534 (1958)
• Paul v. United States · 371 U.S. 245 (1963)
• United States v. County of Fresno · 429 U.S. 452 (1977)
• Leslie Miller, Inc. v. Arkansas · 352 U.S. 187 (1956)
• Hostetter v. Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. · 377 U.S. 324 (1964)
• James v. Dravo Contracting Co. · 302 U.S. 134 (1937)
• Capital Cities Cable, Inc. v. Crisp · 467 U.S. 691 (1984)
• South Carolina v. Baker · 485 U.S. 505 (1988)
• Penn Dairies, Inc. v. Milk Control Comm'n of Pa. · 318 U.S. 261 (1943)
• Collins v. Yosemite Park & Curry Co. · 304 U.S. 518 (1938)
• United States v. City of Detroit · 355 U.S. 466 (1958)
• Hillsborough County v. Automated Medical Laboratories, Inc. · 471 U.S. 707 (1985)
• Graves v. New York Ex Rel. O'Keefe · 306 U.S. 466 (1939)
• United States v. New Mexico · 455 U.S. 720 (1982)
• Johnson v. Maryland · 254 U.S. 51 (1920)
• Kesler v. Department of Public Safety of Utah · 369 U.S. 153 (1962)
• Dobbins v. Commissioners of Erie County · 41 U.S. 435 (1842)
• California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc. · 445 U.S. 97 (1980)
• Healy v. Beer Institute · 491 U.S. 324 (1989)
• Swift & Co. v. Wickham · 382 U.S. 111 (1965)
• Surplus Trading Co. v. Cook · 281 U.S. 647 (1930)
• State Bd. of Equalization of Cal. v. Young's Market Co. · 299 U.S. 59 (1936)
• Mayo v. United States · 319 U.S. 441 (1943)
• City of Detroit v. Murray Corp. of America · 355 U.S. 489 (1958)
• Johnson v. Yellow Cab Transit Co. · 321 U.S. 383 (1944)
• Memphis Bank & Trust Co. v. Garner · 459 U.S. 392 (1983)
• Hines v. Davidowitz · 312 U.S. 52 (1941)
• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 331 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Gibbons v. Ogden · 22 U.S. 1 (1824)

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• United States v. Washington · 596 U.S. 832 (2022)
• U. S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton · 514 U.S. 779 (1995)

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