Miscellaneous federalism: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Miscellaneous federalism,” part of the Federalism area.

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All 24 decisions, newest first

• Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety
  142 S. Ct. 2455Decided June 29, 20225–4Stephen G. Breyer
• Arkansas v. Kenneth Andrew Sullivan
  532 U.S. 769Decided May 29, 20019–0Per curiam
• U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Ray ThorntonLaw held unconstitutional
  514 U.S. 779Decided May 22, 19955–4John Paul Stevens
• United States v. Texas
  507 U.S. 529Decided April 5, 19938–1William H. Rehnquist
• Rudy Perpich v. Department of Defense
  496 U.S. 334Decided June 11, 19909–0John Paul Stevens
• West Virginia v. United States
  479 U.S. 305Decided January 13, 19879–0Thurgood Marshall
• Bennett v. New Jersey
  470 U.S. 632Decided March 19, 19856–2Sandra Day O'Connor
• Bennett v. Kentucky Department of Education
  470 U.S. 656Decided March 19, 19858–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• Bell v. New Jersey
  461 U.S. 773Decided May 31, 19839–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• Watt v. Alaska
  451 U.S. 259Decided April 21, 19816–3Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• Oregon ex Rel. State Land Board v. Corvallis Sand & Gravel Co.Altered precedent
  429 U.S. 363Decided January 12, 19776–3William H. Rehnquist
• Cousins v. Wigoda
  419 U.S. 477Decided January 15, 19758–1William J. Brennan Jr.
• Bonelli Cattle Co. v. Arizona
  414 U.S. 313Decided December 17, 19737–1Thurgood Marshall
• United States v. Little Lake Misere Land Co., Inc.
  412 U.S. 580Decided June 18, 19739–0Warren E. Burger
• Zschernig v. MillerLaw held unconstitutional
  389 U.S. 429Decided January 15, 19687–1William O. Douglas
• First National Bank of Logan v. Walker Bank & Trust Co.
  385 U.S. 252Decided December 12, 19669–0Tom C. Clark
• United States v. Yazell
  382 U.S. 341Decided January 17, 19666–3Abe Fortas
• Corbett v. Stergios
  381 U.S. 124Decided May 3, 19659–0Per curiam
• Bank of America National Trust & Savings Association v. Parnell
  352 U.S. 29Decided November 13, 19567–2Felix Frankfurter
• Carroll v. LanzaAltered precedent
  349 U.S. 408Decided June 6, 19556–3William O. Douglas
• Chicago v. Stude
  346 U.S. 574Decided January 18, 19547–2Sherman Minton
• Ragan v. Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co.
  337 U.S. 530Decided June 20, 19498–1William O. Douglas
• Woods v. Interstate Realty Co.
  337 U.S. 535Decided June 20, 19496–3William O. Douglas
• Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.
  337 U.S. 541Decided June 20, 19496–3Robert H. Jackson

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error