Legal Opinion
City of Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 14, 1973No. 71-1637PublishedCited by 501 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
The Court in Cooley v. Board of Wardens, 12 How. 299, first stated the rule of pre-emption which is the critical issue in the present case. Speaking through Mr. Justice Curtis, it said:
“Now the power to regulate commerce, embraces a vast field, containing not only many, but exceedingly various subjects, quite unlike in their nature; some imperatively demanding a single uniform rule, operating equally on the commerce of the United States in every port; and some, like the subject now in question, as imperatively demanding that diversity, which alone can meet the local necessities of navigation.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hines v. DavidowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Cooley v. Board of Wardens of Port of Philadelphia Ex Rel. Soc. for Relief of Distressed PilotsSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
- Huron Portland Cement Co. v. City of DetroitSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. MinnesotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by501 opinions
- Jones v. Rath Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Hillsborough County v. Automated Medical Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Maryland v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- City of Philadelphia v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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