Swift & Co., Inc., et al. v. Wickham, Commissioner of Agriculture & Markets of New York

Decided November 22, 1965. John Marshall Harlan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 9 · 382 U.S. 111 (1965) · Cited 469 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.

• Kesler v. Department of Public Safety of Utah · 369 U.S. 153 (1962)
• Cohens v. Virginia · 19 U.S. 264 (1821)
• Ex Parte Bransford · 310 U.S. 354 (1940)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Jacobsen · 362 U.S. 73 (1960)
• Case v. Bowles · 327 U.S. 92 (1946)
• Cloverleaf Butter Co. v. Patterson, Commissioner of Agriculture & Industries · 315 U.S. 148 (1942)
• Phillips v. United States · 312 U.S. 246 (1941)
• Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335 (1963)
• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 331 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Gibbons v. Ogden · 22 U.S. 1 (1824)
• Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York City · 350 U.S. 551 (1956)
• Ex Parte Poresky · 290 U.S. 30 (1933)
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin · 347 U.S. 672 (1954)
• Railway Employes' Department v. Hanson · 351 U.S. 225 (1956)
• Pennsylvania v. Nelson · 350 U.S. 497 (1956)
• Hostetter v. Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. · 377 U.S. 324 (1964)
• California Water Service Co. v. City of Redding · 304 U.S. 252 (1938)
• Ex Parte Collins · 277 U.S. 565 (1928)
• Rorick v. Board of Comm'rs of Everglades Drainage Dist. · 307 U.S. 208 (1939)
• Campbell v. Hussey · 368 U.S. 297 (1961)

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• Payne v. Tennessee · 501 U.S. 808 (1991)
• Gonzalez v. Automatic Employees Credit Union · 419 U.S. 90 (1974)
• Hagans v. Lavine · 415 U.S. 528 (1974)
• Allen v. State Board of Elections · 393 U.S. 544 (1969)
• Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Organization · 441 U.S. 600 (1979)
• Perez. v. Campbell · 402 U.S. 637 (1971)
• Lake Carriers' Assn. v. MacMullan · 406 U.S. 498 (1972)
• Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc. · 551 U.S. 877 (2007)
• Boys Markets, Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union, Local 770 · 398 U.S. 235 (1970)
• Leroy v. Great Western United Corp. · 443 U.S. 173 (1979)
• Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation · 447 U.S. 134 (1980)
• Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo · 603 U.S. 369 (2024)
• Zschernig v. Miller · 389 U.S. 429 (1968)
• Haywood v. Drown · 556 U.S. 729 (2009)
• North Dakota v. United States · 495 U.S. 423 (1990)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 465 U.S. 89 (1984)
• California v. Green · 399 U.S. 149 (1970)
• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · 491 U.S. 164 (1989)
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey · 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• United States v. Dixon · 509 U.S. 688 (1993)
• Williams v. Florida · 399 U.S. 78 (1970)
• Jones v. Rath Packing Co. · 430 U.S. 519 (1977)
• Rosado v. Wyman · 397 U.S. 397 (1970)
• Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena · 515 U.S. 200 (1995)
• Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles · 493 U.S. 103 (1989)
• Moe v. Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation · 425 U.S. 463 (1976)
• Altria Group, Inc. v. Good · 555 U.S. 70 (2008)
• Turner v. Fouche · 396 U.S. 346 (1970)
• Arizona v. Rumsey · 467 U.S. 203 (1984)
• Hohn v. United States · 524 U.S. 236 (1998)

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