Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.

Decided March 2, 1970. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 301 · 397 U.S. 137 (1970) · Cited 2,056 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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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.

• Toomer v. Witsell · 334 U.S. 385 (1948)
• Sligh v. Kirkwood · 237 U.S. 52 (1915)
• Foster-Fountain Packing Co. v. Haydel · 278 U.S. 1 (1928)
• Parker v. Brown · 317 U.S. 341 (1943)
• Huron Portland Cement Co. v. City of Detroit · 362 U.S. 440 (1960)
• Baldwin v. G. A. F. Seelig, Inc. · 294 U.S. 511 (1935)
• Pacific States Box & Basket Co. v. White · 296 U.S. 176 (1935)
• Hostetter v. Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. · 377 U.S. 324 (1964)
• Lemke v. Farmers Grain Co. of Embden · 258 U.S. 50 (1922)
• Shafer v. Farmers Grain Co. of Embden · 268 U.S. 189 (1925)
• Federal Compress & Warehouse Co. v. McLean · 291 U.S. 17 (1934)

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• Department of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis · 553 U.S. 328 (2008)
• National Pork Producers Council v. Ross · 598 U.S. 356 (2023)
• Hughes v. Alexandria Scrap Corp. · 426 U.S. 794 (1976)
• United Haulers Ass'n v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority · 550 U.S. 330 (2007)
• Raymond Motor Transportation, Inc. v. Rice · 434 U.S. 429 (1978)
• C & a Carbone, Inc. v. Town of Clarkstown · 511 U.S. 383 (1994)
• Hughes v. Oklahoma · 441 U.S. 322 (1979)
• Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp. of Del. · 450 U.S. 662 (1981)
• Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison · 520 U.S. 564 (1997)
• Reeves, Inc. v. Stake · 447 U.S. 429 (1980)
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Ward · 470 U.S. 869 (1985)
• Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission · 432 U.S. 333 (1977)
• Oregon Waste Systems, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Quality of Ore. · 511 U.S. 93 (1994)
• CTS Corp. v. Dynamics Corp. of America · 481 U.S. 69 (1987)
• General Motors Corp. v. Tracy · 519 U.S. 278 (1997)
• South-Central Timber Development, Inc. v. Wunnicke · 467 U.S. 82 (1984)
• Northwest Central Pipeline Corp. v. State Corporation Comm'n of Kan. · 489 U.S. 493 (1989)
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic · 506 U.S. 263 (1993)
• Edgar v. Mite Corp. · 457 U.S. 624 (1982)
• Western & Southern Life Ins. Co. v. State Bd. of Equalization of Cal. · 451 U.S. 648 (1981)
• Lewis v. BT Investment Managers, Inc. · 447 U.S. 27 (1980)
• Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana · 453 U.S. 609 (1981)
• Moorman Manufacturing Co. v. Bair · 437 U.S. 267 (1978)
• Granholm v. Heald · 544 U.S. 460 (2005)
• Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. v. Arkansas Public Service Commission · 461 U.S. 375 (1983)
• Reynoldsville Casket Co. v. Hyde · 514 U.S. 749 (1995)
• Bendix Autolite Corp. v. Midwesco Enterprises, Inc. · 486 U.S. 888 (1988)
• Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Cottrell · 424 U.S. 366 (1976)
• South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. · 585 U.S. 162 (2018)

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