Northwest Central Pipeline Corp. v. State Corporation Commission of Kansas et al.

Decided March 6, 1989. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 86-1856 · 489 U.S. 493 (1989) · Cited 207 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Northern Natural Gas Co. v. State Corp. Commission · 372 U.S. 84 (1963)
• Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. FCC · 476 U.S. 355 (1986)
• Ederal Power Commission v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. · 337 U.S. 498 (1949)
• Parker v. Brown · 317 U.S. 341 (1943)
• Schneidewind v. ANR Pipeline Co. · 485 U.S. 293 (1988)
• Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc. · 397 U.S. 137 (1970)
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• Brown-Forman Distillers Corp. v. New York State Liquor Authority · 476 U.S. 573 (1986)
• Hines v. Davidowitz · 312 U.S. 52 (1941)
• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 331 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul · 373 U.S. 132 (1963)
• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development Commission · 461 U.S. 190 (1983)
• Maryland v. Louisiana · 451 U.S. 725 (1981)
• City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey · 437 U.S. 617 (1978)
• Champlin Rfg. Co. v. Corporation Commission of Oklahoma · 286 U.S. 210 (1932)
• Pennsylvania v. West Virginia · 262 U.S. 553 (1923)
• Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission · 324 U.S. 581 (1945)
• Prudential Insurance v. Benjamin · 328 U.S. 408 (1946)
• Thompson v. Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp. · 300 U.S. 55 (1937)
• Federal Power Commission v. East Ohio Gas Co. · 338 U.S. 464 (1950)

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• Oneok, Inc. v. Learjet, Inc. · 575 U.S. 373 (2015)
• Department of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis · 553 U.S. 328 (2008)
• United Haulers Ass'n v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority · 550 U.S. 330 (2007)
• Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. · 491 U.S. 1 (1989)

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