Regan, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. v. Taxation With Representation of Washington

Decided May 23, 1983. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 81-2338 · 461 U.S. 540 (1983) · Cited 882 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.

• Cammarano v. United States · 358 U.S. 498 (1959)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Harris v. McRae · 448 U.S. 297 (1980)
• Maher v. Roe · 432 U.S. 464 (1977)
• Walz v. Tax Comm'n of City of New York · 397 U.S. 664 (1970)
• Perry v. Sindermann · 408 U.S. 593 (1972)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney · 442 U.S. 256 (1979)
• Johnson v. Robison · 415 U.S. 361 (1974)
• Cincinnati Soap Co. v. United States · 301 U.S. 308 (1937)
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 1 (1973)
• Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. · 365 U.S. 127 (1961)
• Lehnhausen v. Lake Shore Auto Parts Co. · 410 U.S. 356 (1973)
• Schweiker v. Wilson · 450 U.S. 221 (1981)
• Wilkie v. Robbins · 551 U.S. 537 (2007)
• Madden v. Kentucky Ex Rel. Commissioner · 309 U.S. 83 (1940)
• Citizens Against Rent Control/Coalition for Fair Housing v. City of Berkeley · 454 U.S. 290 (1981)
• Boone v. Lightner · 319 U.S. 561 (1943)
• United States v. Realty Co. · 163 U.S. 427 (1896)
• Commissioner v. Sullivan · 356 U.S. 27 (1958)

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• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 475 U.S. 1 (1986)
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• Ysursa v. Pocatello Education Ass'n · 555 U.S. 353 (2009)
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• Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez · 531 U.S. 533 (2001)
• Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth · 529 U.S. 217 (2000)
• Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue · 591 U.S. 464 (2020)
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• Nordlinger v. Hahn · 505 U.S. 1 (1992)
• Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland · 481 U.S. 221 (1987)
• Attorney General of New York v. Soto-Lopez · 476 U.S. 898 (1986)
• Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock · 489 U.S. 1 (1989)
• Lyng v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement Workers · 485 U.S. 360 (1988)
• Armour v. City of Indianapolis · 566 U.S. 673 (2012)
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• Williams v. Vermont · 472 U.S. 14 (1985)
• Chamber of Commerce of United States v. Brown · 554 U.S. 60 (2008)
• Allen v. Wright · 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
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• City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. · 486 U.S. 750 (1988)

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