Republic Natural Gas Co. v. Oklahoma et al.

Decided May 3, 1948. Felix Frankfurter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 134 · 334 U.S. 62 (1948) · Cited 121 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Radio Station Wow, Inc. v. Johnson · 326 U.S. 120 (1945)
• Catlin v. United States · 324 U.S. 229 (1945)
• Forgay v. Conrad · 47 U.S. 201 (1848)
• Thompson v. Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp. · 300 U.S. 55 (1937)
• Ohio Oil Company v. Indiana · 177 U.S. 190 (1900)
• Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co. · 220 U.S. 61 (1911)
• Champlin Rfg. Co. v. Corporation Commission of Oklahoma · 286 U.S. 210 (1932)
• Richfield Oil Corp. v. State Board of Equalization · 329 U.S. 69 (1946)
• Railroad Commission of Texas v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 573 (1940)
• Bandini Petroleum Co. v. Superior Court, Los Angeles Cty. · 284 U.S. 8 (1931)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• Calder v. Bull · 3 U.S. 386 (1798)
• Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. · 303 U.S. 41 (1938)
• Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co. · 320 U.S. 591 (1944)
• Phelps Dodge Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 313 U.S. 177 (1941)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish · 300 U.S. 379 (1937)
• Rescue Army v. Municipal Court of Los Angeles · 331 U.S. 549 (1947)
• New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann · 285 U.S. 262 (1932)
• Adkins v. Children's Hospital of Columbia · 261 U.S. 525 (1923)
• Coppage v. Kansas · 236 U.S. 1 (1915)
• Adair v. United States · 208 U.S. 161 (1908)
• United States v. Rio Grande Dam & Irrigation Co. · 174 U.S. 690 (1899)
• Olsen v. Nebraska Ex Rel. Western Reference & Bond Assn., Inc. · 313 U.S. 236 (1941)
• Collins v. Miller · 252 U.S. 364 (1920)
• Market Street Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission of California · 324 U.S. 548 (1945)
• Plymouth Coal Co. v. Pennsylvania · 232 U.S. 531 (1914)
• Jackman v. Rosenbaum Co. · 260 U.S. 22 (1922)
• St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad v. Southern Express Co. · 108 U.S. 24 (1883)
• Ribnik v. McBride · 277 U.S. 350 (1928)

Cited by

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• American Export Lines, Inc. v. Alvez · 446 U.S. 274 (1980)
• Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · 370 U.S. 294 (1962)
• Pennsylvania v. Finley · 481 U.S. 551 (1987)
• Pennsylvania v. Ritchie · 480 U.S. 39 (1987)
• Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn · 420 U.S. 469 (1975)
• Budinich v. Becton Dickinson & Co. · 486 U.S. 196 (1988)
• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education · 431 U.S. 209 (1977)
• Avery v. Midland County · 390 U.S. 474 (1968)
• DiBella v. United States · 369 U.S. 121 (1962)
• Mills v. Alabama · 384 U.S. 214 (1966)
• Mercantile Nat. Bank at Dallas v. Langdeau · 371 U.S. 555 (1963)
• Burns v. Ohio · 360 U.S. 252 (1959)
• Local No. 438 Construction & General Laborers' Union v. Curry · 371 U.S. 542 (1963)
• Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Texas Co. · 336 U.S. 342 (1949)

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