Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. et al.

Decided June 28, 1982. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 81-150 · 458 U.S. 50 (1982) · Cited 3,187 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.

• Crowell v. Benson · 285 U.S. 22 (1932)
• United States v. Raddatz · 447 U.S. 667 (1980)
• Palmore v. United States · 411 U.S. 389 (1973)
• Den Ex Dem. Murray v. Hoboken Land & Improvement Co. · 59 U.S. 272 (1856)
• Ex Parte Bakelite Corp'n. · 279 U.S. 438 (1929)
• Glidden Co. v. Zdanok · 370 U.S. 530 (1962)
• National Mutual Insurance v. Tidewater Transfer Co. · 337 U.S. 582 (1949)
• Williams v. United States · 289 U.S. 553 (1933)
• Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Comm'n · 430 U.S. 442 (1977)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• United States Ex Rel. Toth v. Quarles · 350 U.S. 11 (1955)
• Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · 404 U.S. 97 (1971)
• Katchen v. Landy · 382 U.S. 323 (1966)
• United States v. Will · 449 U.S. 200 (1980)
• Osborn v. Bank of United States · 22 U.S. 738 (1824)
• Reid v. Covert · 354 U.S. 1 (1957)
• Mathews v. Weber · 423 U.S. 261 (1976)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Insurance Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De Guinee · 456 U.S. 694 (1982)
• Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala. · 353 U.S. 448 (1957)
• Reynolds v. United States · 98 U.S. 145 (1879)
• Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
• Chicot County Drainage District v. Baxter State Bank · 308 U.S. 371 (1940)
• United States v. Raines · 362 U.S. 17 (1960)
• Ward v. Village of Monroeville · 409 U.S. 57 (1972)
• Fullilove v. Klutznick · 448 U.S. 448 (1980)
• Burns v. Wilson · 346 U.S. 137 (1953)
• Champlin Rfg. Co. v. Corporation Commission of Oklahoma · 286 U.S. 210 (1932)
• Ng Fung Ho v. White · 259 U.S. 276 (1922)
• St. Joseph Stock Yards Co. v. United States · 298 U.S. 38 (1936)

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• Thomas v. Union Carbide Agricultural Products Co. · 473 U.S. 568 (1985)
• Wellness Int'l Network, Ltd. v. Sharif · 575 U.S. 665 (2015)
• Granfinanciera, S.A. v. Nordberg · 492 U.S. 33 (1989)
• Celotex Corp. v. Edwards · 514 U.S. 300 (1995)
• SEC v. Jarkesy · 603 U.S. 109 (2024)
• Ortiz v. United States · 585 U.S. 427 (2018)
• Freytag v. Commissioner · 501 U.S. 868 (1991)
• Mistretta v. United States · 488 U.S. 361 (1989)
• Kisor v. Wilkie · 588 U.S. 558 (2019)
• United States v. Security Industrial Bank · 459 U.S. 70 (1982)
• Peretz v. United States · 501 U.S. 923 (1991)
• Ryder v. United States · 515 U.S. 177 (1995)
• B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc. · 575 U.S. 138 (2015)
• Thomas v. Arn · 474 U.S. 140 (1985)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Abudu · 485 U.S. 94 (1988)
• Bowsher v. Synar · 478 U.S. 714 (1986)
• James B. Beam Distilling Co. v. Georgia · 501 U.S. 529 (1991)
• Clinton v. City of New York · 524 U.S. 417 (1998)
• American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Smith · 496 U.S. 167 (1990)
• Coit Independence Joint Venture v. Federal Savings & Loan Insurance · 489 U.S. 561 (1989)
• Sun Oil Co. v. Wortman · 486 U.S. 717 (1988)
• United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · 489 U.S. 235 (1989)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr · 533 U.S. 289 (2001)
• United States v. Whiting Pools, Inc. · 462 U.S. 198 (1983)
• Harper v. Virginia Department of Taxation · 509 U.S. 86 (1993)
• Morrison v. Olson · 487 U.S. 654 (1988)
• Things Remembered, Inc. v. Petrarca · 516 U.S. 124 (1995)
• Heckler v. Mathews · 465 U.S. 728 (1984)

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