Raymond Motor Transportation, Inc., et al. v. Rice, Secretary, Department of Transportation of Wisconsin, et al.

Decided February 21, 1978. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 76-558 · 434 U.S. 429 (1978) · Cited 341 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.

• Bibb v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc. · 359 U.S. 520 (1959)
• Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc. · 397 U.S. 137 (1970)
• Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona Ex Rel. Sullivan · 325 U.S. 761 (1945)
• South Carolina State Highway Department v. Barnwell Bros. · 303 U.S. 177 (1938)
• H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Du Mond · 336 U.S. 525 (1949)
• Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Cottrell · 424 U.S. 366 (1976)
• Sproles v. Binford · 286 U.S. 374 (1932)
• Smith v. Alabama · 124 U.S. 465 (1888)
• Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission · 432 U.S. 333 (1977)
• Gibbons v. Ogden · 22 U.S. 1 (1824)
• Parker v. Brown · 317 U.S. 341 (1943)
• Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York · 336 U.S. 106 (1949)
• Huron Portland Cement Co. v. City of Detroit · 362 U.S. 440 (1960)
• Hughes v. Alexandria Scrap Corp. · 426 U.S. 794 (1976)
• Buck v. Kuykendall · 267 U.S. 307 (1925)
• Hall v. DeCuir · 95 U.S. 485 (1878)
• Maurer v. Hamilton · 309 U.S. 598 (1940)
• Morris v. Duby · 274 U.S. 135 (1927)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp. of Del. · 450 U.S. 662 (1981)
• Moorman Manufacturing Co. v. Bair · 437 U.S. 267 (1978)
• United Haulers Ass'n v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority · 550 U.S. 330 (2007)
• West Lynn Creamery, Inc. v. Healy · 512 U.S. 186 (1994)
• Comptroller of Treasury of Md. v. Wynne · 575 U.S. 542 (2015)
• National Pork Producers Council v. Ross · 598 U.S. 356 (2023)
• City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey · 437 U.S. 617 (1978)
• Mallory v. Norfolk Southern R. Co · 600 U.S. 122 (2023)
• Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City · 473 U.S. 172 (1985)
• Brown-Forman Distillers Corp. v. New York State Liquor Authority · 476 U.S. 573 (1986)
• C & a Carbone, Inc. v. Town of Clarkstown · 511 U.S. 383 (1994)
• CTS Corp. v. Dynamics Corp. of America · 481 U.S. 69 (1987)
• Lewis v. BT Investment Managers, Inc. · 447 U.S. 27 (1980)
• Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana · 453 U.S. 609 (1981)
• Fort Gratiot Sanitary Landfill, Inc. v. Michigan Department of Natural Resources · 504 U.S. 353 (1992)
• Barclays Bank PLC v. Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. · 512 U.S. 298 (1994)

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