Tyler Pipe Industries, Inc. v. Washington State Department of Revenue

Decided June 23, 1987. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 85-1963 · 483 U.S. 232 (1987) · Cited 283 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–2.

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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.

• Armco Inc. v. Hardesty · 467 U.S. 638 (1984)
• General Motors Corp. v. Washington · 377 U.S. 436 (1964)
• Boston Stock Exchange v. State Tax Commission · 429 U.S. 318 (1977)
• Maryland v. Louisiana · 451 U.S. 725 (1981)
• Bacchus Imports, Ltd. v. Dias · 468 U.S. 263 (1984)
• Container Corp. of America v. Franchise Tax Board · 463 U.S. 159 (1983)
• Gibbons v. Ogden · 22 U.S. 1 (1824)
• Henneford v. Silas Mason Co. · 300 U.S. 577 (1937)
• Freeman v. Hewit · 329 U.S. 249 (1946)
• Williams v. Vermont · 472 U.S. 14 (1985)
• Standard Pressed Steel Co. v. Department of Revenue of Wash. · 419 U.S. 560 (1975)
• Prudential Insurance v. Benjamin · 328 U.S. 408 (1946)
• Moorman Manufacturing Co. v. Bair · 437 U.S. 267 (1978)
• Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Reily · 373 U.S. 64 (1963)
• Scripto, Inc. v. Carson · 362 U.S. 207 (1960)
• Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · 404 U.S. 97 (1971)
• Wickard v. Filburn · 317 U.S. 111 (1942)
• Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady · 430 U.S. 274 (1977)
• Bank of Columbia v. Okely · 17 U.S. 122 (1819)
• Perez v. United States · 402 U.S. 146 (1971)
• Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron Corp. · 416 U.S. 470 (1974)
• Northwestern States Portland Cement Co. v. Minnesota · 358 U.S. 450 (1959)
• Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Brock · 480 U.S. 678 (1987)
• Thurlow v. Massachusetts · 46 U.S. 504 (1847)
• Houston v. Moore · 18 U.S. 1 (1820)
• Goldstein v. California · 412 U.S. 546 (1973)
• Bowman v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. · 125 U.S. 465 (1888)
• Hooper v. Bernalillo County Assessor · 472 U.S. 612 (1985)
• Department of Revenue v. Ass'n of Washington Stevedoring Companies · 435 U.S. 734 (1978)
• National Geographic Society v. California Board of Equalization · 430 U.S. 551 (1977)

Cited by

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

• Comptroller of Treasury of Md. v. Wynne · 575 U.S. 542 (2015)
• United Haulers Ass'n v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority · 550 U.S. 330 (2007)
• American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Smith · 496 U.S. 167 (1990)
• Quill Corp. v. North Dakota Ex Rel. Heitkamp · 504 U.S. 298 (1992)
• Goldberg v. Sweet · 488 U.S. 252 (1989)
• Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas · 588 U.S. 504 (2019)
• Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Jefferson Lines, Inc. · 514 U.S. 175 (1995)
• Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt · 504 U.S. 334 (1992)
• Fulton Corp. v. Faulkner · 516 U.S. 325 (1996)
• National Pork Producers Council v. Ross · 598 U.S. 356 (2023)
• Oregon Waste Systems, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Quality of Ore. · 511 U.S. 93 (1994)
• McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Fla. Dept. of Business Regulation · 496 U.S. 18 (1990)
• General Motors Corp. v. Tracy · 519 U.S. 278 (1997)
• Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison · 520 U.S. 564 (1997)
• United States v. Sperry Corp. · 493 U.S. 52 (1989)
• West Lynn Creamery, Inc. v. Healy · 512 U.S. 186 (1994)
• Trinova Corp. v. Michigan Department of Treasury · 498 U.S. 358 (1991)

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