City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey

City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 27, 1978 Decided June 23, 1978
Full case name	City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey
Citations	437 U.S. 617 (more) 98 S. Ct. 2531; 57 L. Ed. 2d 475
Case history
Prior	City of Philadelphia v. State, 376 A.2d 888 (N.J. 1977); probable jurisdiction noted, 434 U.S. 964 (1977).
Holding
A state may not prohibit or place barriers to articles of commerce entering or exiting its boundaries without express Congressional authorization or a compelling state interest; solid and liquid refuse and the rights to landfill space to dispose thereof are articles of commerce under the Commerce Clause. Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr. William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
Majority	Stewart, joined by Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens
Dissent	Rehnquist, joined by Burger
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. I § 8 cl. 3 (Commerce Clause), Dormant Commerce Clause, N.J. Waste Control Act, N.J. Stat. Ann. § 13 et seq

City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey, 437 U.S. 617 (1978), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that states could not discriminate against another state's articles of commerce.