Wardair Canada Inc. v. Florida Department of Revenue

Decided June 18, 1986. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 84-902 · 477 U.S. 1 (1986) · Cited 458 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Japan Line, Ltd. v. County of Los Angeles · 441 U.S. 434 (1979)
• Aloha Airlines, Inc. v. Director of Taxation of Hawaii · 464 U.S. 7 (1983)
• South-Central Timber Development, Inc. v. Wunnicke · 467 U.S. 82 (1984)
• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development Commission · 461 U.S. 190 (1983)
• Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady · 430 U.S. 274 (1977)
• Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp. · 464 U.S. 238 (1984)
• Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. FCC · 476 U.S. 355 (1986)
• Hughes v. Oklahoma · 441 U.S. 322 (1979)
• H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Du Mond · 336 U.S. 525 (1949)
• Evansville-Vanderburgh Airport Authority District v. Delta Airlines, Inc. · 405 U.S. 707 (1972)
• Michelin Tire Corp. v. Wages · 423 U.S. 276 (1976)
• Board of Trustees of Univ. of Ill. v. United States · 289 U.S. 48 (1933)

Cited by

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

• Barclays Bank PLC v. Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. · 512 U.S. 298 (1994)
• Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Jefferson Lines, Inc. · 514 U.S. 175 (1995)
• Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison · 520 U.S. 564 (1997)
• Goldberg v. Sweet · 488 U.S. 252 (1989)
• Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. County of Kent · 510 U.S. 355 (1994)
• D. H. Holmes Co., Ltd. v. McNamara · 486 U.S. 24 (1988)

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