Rice, Director, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control of California v. Norman Williams Co. et al.

Decided July 1, 1982. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-1012 · 458 U.S. 654 (1982) · Cited 243 times

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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.

• Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. v. Hostetter · 384 U.S. 35 (1966)
• Continental T. v. Inc. v. GTE Sylvania Inc. · 433 U.S. 36 (1977)
• California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc. · 445 U.S. 97 (1980)
• New Motor Vehicle Bd. of Cal. v. Orrin W. Fox Co. · 439 U.S. 96 (1978)
• Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland · 437 U.S. 117 (1978)
• Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp. · 341 U.S. 384 (1951)
• Parker v. Brown · 317 U.S. 341 (1943)
• Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States · 356 U.S. 1 (1958)
• Vance v. Bradley · 440 U.S. 93 (1979)
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• United States v. Colgate & Co. · 250 U.S. 300 (1919)
• Huron Portland Cement Co. v. City of Detroit · 362 U.S. 440 (1960)

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• Fisher v. City of Berkeley · 475 U.S. 260 (1986)
• 324 Liquor Corp. v. Duffy · 479 U.S. 335 (1987)
• Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht · 587 U.S. 299 (2019)
• Gade v. National Solid Wastes Management Assn. · 505 U.S. 88 (1992)
• Barnett Bank of Marion County, N. A. v. Nelson · 517 U.S. 25 (1996)

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