Zobel et Ux. v. Williams, Commissioner of Revenue of Alaska, et al.

Decided June 14, 1982. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-1146 · 457 U.S. 55 (1982) · Cited 462 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.

• Shapiro v. Thompson · 394 U.S. 618 (1969)
• Vlandis v. Kline · 412 U.S. 441 (1973)
• Memorial Hospital v. Maricopa County · 415 U.S. 250 (1974)
• Hicklin v. Orbeck · 437 U.S. 518 (1978)
• Paul v. Virginia · 75 U.S. 168 (1869)
• Toomer v. Witsell · 334 U.S. 385 (1948)
• Dunn v. Blumstein · 405 U.S. 330 (1972)
• Sosna v. Iowa · 419 U.S. 393 (1975)
• Edwards v. California · 314 U.S. 160 (1941)
• Baldwin v. Fish and Game Comm'n of Mont. · 436 U.S. 371 (1978)
• Dandridge v. Williams · 397 U.S. 471 (1970)
• United States v. Guest · 383 U.S. 745 (1966)
• Austin v. New Hampshire · 420 U.S. 656 (1975)
• Edelman v. Jordan · 415 U.S. 651 (1974)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• City of New Orleans v. Dukes · 427 U.S. 297 (1976)
• Doe v. Bolton · 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
• United States v. Jackson · 390 U.S. 570 (1968)
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• United States Railroad Retirement Board v. Fritz · 449 U.S. 166 (1980)
• Lehnhausen v. Lake Shore Auto Parts Co. · 410 U.S. 356 (1973)
• New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann · 285 U.S. 262 (1932)
• Baldwin v. G. A. F. Seelig, Inc. · 294 U.S. 511 (1935)
• Champlin Rfg. Co. v. Corporation Commission of Oklahoma · 286 U.S. 210 (1932)
• Hughes v. Alexandria Scrap Corp. · 426 U.S. 794 (1976)
• Fusari v. Steinberg · 419 U.S. 379 (1975)
• Jones v. Helms · 452 U.S. 412 (1981)

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• Attorney General of New York v. Soto-Lopez · 476 U.S. 898 (1986)
• Hooper v. Bernalillo County Assessor · 472 U.S. 612 (1985)
• United Building & Constr. Trades Council of Camden Cty. v. Mayor and Council of Camden · 465 U.S. 208 (1984)
• Saenz v. Roe · 526 U.S. 489 (1999)
• City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. · 473 U.S. 432 (1985)
• Nordlinger v. Hahn · 505 U.S. 1 (1992)
• Williams v. Vermont · 472 U.S. 14 (1985)
• Martinez Ex Rel. Morales v. Bynum · 461 U.S. 321 (1983)
• Armour v. City of Indianapolis · 566 U.S. 673 (2012)
• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development Commission · 461 U.S. 190 (1983)
• Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic · 506 U.S. 263 (1993)
• Rogers v. Lodge · 458 U.S. 613 (1982)
• Karcher v. Daggett · 462 U.S. 725 (1983)
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Ward · 470 U.S. 869 (1985)
• Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1 · 458 U.S. 457 (1982)
• West Lynn Creamery, Inc. v. Healy · 512 U.S. 186 (1994)
• Lyng v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement Workers · 485 U.S. 360 (1988)

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