Public Utilities Commission of California v. United States

Decided March 3, 1958. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 23 · 355 U.S. 534 (1958) · Cited 369 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Penn Dairies, Inc. v. Milk Control Comm'n of Pa. · 318 U.S. 261 (1943)
• Public Serv. Comm'n of Utah v. Wycoff Co. · 344 U.S. 237 (1952)
• Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdory · 325 U.S. 450 (1945)
• Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. McLaughlin · 323 U.S. 101 (1944)
• James v. Dravo Contracting Co. · 302 U.S. 134 (1937)
• Alabama v. King & Boozer · 314 U.S. 1 (1941)
• Arizona v. California · 283 U.S. 423 (1931)
• Leiter Minerals, Inc. v. United States · 352 U.S. 220 (1957)
• Johnson v. Maryland · 254 U.S. 51 (1920)
• Leslie Miller, Inc. v. Arkansas · 352 U.S. 187 (1956)
• Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co. · 312 U.S. 496 (1941)
• Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth · 300 U.S. 227 (1937)
• United States v. Western Pacific Railroad · 352 U.S. 59 (1956)
• Thomas v. Collins · 323 U.S. 516 (1945)
• Far East Conference v. United States · 342 U.S. 570 (1952)
• Staub v. City of Baxley · 355 U.S. 313 (1958)
• Aircraft & Diesel Equipment Corp. v. Hirsch · 331 U.S. 752 (1947)
• Standard Oil Co. of Cal. v. Johnson · 316 U.S. 481 (1942)
• James Stewart & Co. v. Sadrakula · 309 U.S. 94 (1940)
• City of Detroit v. Murray Corp. of America · 355 U.S. 489 (1958)
• Allen v. Grand Central Aircraft Co. · 347 U.S. 535 (1954)

Cited by

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• North Dakota v. United States · 495 U.S. 423 (1990)
• Paul v. United States · 371 U.S. 245 (1963)
• Lake Carriers' Assn. v. MacMullan · 406 U.S. 498 (1972)
• Moore v. City of East Cleveland · 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
• County of Allegheny v. Frank Mashuda Co. · 360 U.S. 185 (1959)
• Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of Thibodaux · 360 U.S. 25 (1959)
• City of Chicago v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 357 U.S. 77 (1958)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul · 373 U.S. 132 (1963)
• Chrysler Corp. v. Brown · 441 U.S. 281 (1979)
• Johnson v. Robison · 415 U.S. 361 (1974)
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach · 383 U.S. 301 (1966)
• Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld · 420 U.S. 636 (1975)
• California v. LaRue · 409 U.S. 109 (1972)
• Oestereich v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 11 · 393 U.S. 233 (1968)
• Bibb v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc. · 359 U.S. 520 (1959)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Industrial Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers of America · 391 U.S. 418 (1968)
• Hancock v. Train · 426 U.S. 167 (1976)
• Ivanhoe Irrigation District v. McCracken · 357 U.S. 275 (1958)
• Fry v. United States · 421 U.S. 542 (1975)
• Richardson v. Morris · 409 U.S. 464 (1972)

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