Wisconsin Department of Revenue v. William Wrigley, Jr., Co.
Decided June 19, 1992. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 91-119 · 505 U.S. 214 (1992) · Cited 164 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–3.
Majority · 5
- Antonin Scalia · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Byron Raymond White
- Clarence Thomas
- David Hackett Souter
- John Paul Stevens
Concurring · 1
- Sandra Day O'Connor · filed a concurring opinion
Dissenting · 3
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy · filed a dissenting opinion
- Harry Andrew Blackmun
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
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.
- Northwestern States Portland Cement Co. v. Minnesota · 358 U.S. 450 (1959)
- Norton Co. v. Department of Revenue of Ill. · 340 U.S. 534 (1951)
- Hudson v. McMillian · 503 U.S. 1 (1992)
- Ingraham v. Wright · 430 U.S. 651 (1977)
- Anderson v. Celebrezze · 460 U.S. 780 (1983)
- FMC Corp. v. Holliday · 498 U.S. 52 (1990)
- Republic of Argentina v. Weltover, Inc. · 504 U.S. 607 (1992)
- Fusari v. Steinberg · 419 U.S. 379 (1975)
- Sorenson v. Secretary of the Treasury · 475 U.S. 851 (1986)
- United States v. Carver · 260 U.S. 482 (1923)
- Abbott Laboratories v. Portland Retail Druggists Assn., Inc. · 425 U.S. 1 (1976)
- Industrial Assn. of San Francisco v. United States · 268 U.S. 64 (1925)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Alabama v. Bozeman · 533 U.S. 146 (2001)
- National Credit Union Administration v. First National Bank & Trust Co. · 522 U.S. 479 (1998)
- Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Assn. · 592 U.S. 80 (2020)
- Biden v. Nebraska · 600 U.S. 477 (2023)
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