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 * Category:High Court of Australia cases
 * Category:Australian constitutional law
 * Australian constitutional law
 * Constitution of Australia (much duplicated content with the previous article)
 * Style example: Dietrich v The Queen
 * List of Australian federal legislation

Cases
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This list is reproduced from the University of Sydney Faculty of Law subject "Federal Constitutional Law" course outline, Semester 1, 2006. Cases may be listed more than once.

Trade and commerce power, and severance
Category:Trade and commerce power in the Australian Constitution cases
 * W & A McArthur Ltd v Queensland (1920) 28 CLR 530
 * Australian National Airways Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (1945) 71 CLR 29
 * Murphyores Inc Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (1976) 136 CLR 1
 * R v Burgess; Ex parte Henry (1936) 55 CLR 608
 * Airlines of New South Wales Pty Ltd v New South Wales (No 2) (1965) 113 CLR 54
 * Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd v Wardley (1980) 142 CLR 237
 * United States v. Wrightwood Dairy Co (1942) 315 US 110 (US case)
 * O'Sullivan v Noarlunga Meat Ltd (1954) 92 CLR 565
 * O'Sullivan v Noarlunga Meat Ltd (No 2) (1956) 94 CLR 367
 * Swift Australian Co (Pty) Ltd v Boyd Parkinson (1962) 108 CLR 189
 * Redfern v Dunlop Rubber Australia Ltd (1964) 110 CLR 194
 * Wickard v. Filburn (1942) 317 US 111 (US case)
 * Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964) 379 US 241 (US case)
 * Katzenbach v. McClung (1964) 379 US 294 (US case)
 * Daniel v. Paul (1969) 395 US 298 (US case)
 * Russell v. United States (1985) 471 US 858 (US case)
 * United States v. Lopez (1995) 514 US 549 (US case)
 * United States v. Morrison (2000) 529 US 598 (US case)

Inconsistency
Category:Inconsistency in the Australian Constitution cases
 * R v Licensing Court of Brisbane; Ex parte Daniell (1920) 28 CLR 23
 * Clyde Engineering Co Ltd v Cowburn (1926) 37 CLR 466
 * Colvin v Bradley Bros Pty Ltd (1943) 68 CLR 151
 * Ex parte McLean (1930) 43 CLR 472
 * Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd v Wardley (1980) 142 CLR 237
 * O'Sullivan v Noarlunga Meat Ltd (1954) 92 CLR 565
 * Western Australia v Commonwealth (Native Title case) (1995) 183 CLR 373
 * Botany Municipal Council v Federal Airports Corporation (1992) 175 CLR 453
 * University of Wollongong v Metwally (1984) 158 CLR 447
 * Victoria v Commonwealth (Kakariki Case) (1937) 58 CLR 618

External affairs power
Category:External affairs power in the Australian Constitution cases


 * R v Burgess; Ex parte Henry (1936) 55 CLR 608
 * Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen (1982) 153 CLR 168
 * Commonwealth v Tasmania (the Tasmanian Dam Case) (1983) 158 CLR 1
 * Richardson v Forestry Commission (1988) 164 CLR 261
 * Victoria v Commonwealth (The Industrial Relations Act Case) (1996) 187 CLR 416
 * Polyukhovich v Commonwealth (1991) 172 CLR 501
 * Horta v Commonwealth (1994) 181 CLR 183

Corporations Power
Category:Corporations power in the Australian Constitution cases
 * Strickland v Rocla Concrete Pipes Ltd (1971) 124 CLR 468
 * Actors and Announcers Equity Association v Fontana Films (1982) 150 CLR 169
 * Commonwealth v Tasmania (the Tasmanian Dam Case) (1983) 158 CLR 1
 * Re Dingjan; Ex parte Wagner (1995) 183 CLR 323
 * Victoria v Commonwealth (the Industrial Relations Act case) (1996) 187 CLR 416
 * State Superannuation Board v Trade Practices Commission (1982) 150 CLR 282
 * Fencott v Muller (1983) 152 CLR 570
 * New South Wales v Commonwealth (the Incorporation Case) (1990) 169 CLR 482

Freedom of interstate trade and commerce
Category:Freedom of interstate trade and commerce in the Australian Constitution cases


 * Commonwealth v Bank of New South Wales [1950] AC 235 - Bank Nationalisation Case, individual rights
 * Needs infobox
 * Cole v Whitfield (1988) 165 CLR 360 - crayfish, economic free trade notion
 * Bath v Alston Holdings Pty Ltd (1988) 165 CLR 411 - tobacco, difference over use of Whitfield
 * Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v South Australia (1990) - beer containers
 * Barley Marketing Board (NSW) v Norman (1990) 171 CLR 182 - State run marketing boards

Excise duties
Category:Excise in the Australian Constitution cases
 * Peterswald v Bartley (1904) 1 CLR 497 - base definition of excise
 * Matthews v Chicory Marketing Board (Vic) (1938) 60 CLR 263 - extended excise slightly
 * Parton v Milk Board (Vic) (1949) 80 CLR 229 - introduction of broad approach
 * Dennis Hotels Pty Ltd v Victoria (1960) 104 CLR 529 - criterion of liability
 * Bolton v Madsen (1963) 110 CLR 264 - broad approach, criterion of liability
 * Anderson's Pty Ltd v Victoria (1964) 111 CLR 353 - broad, reject criterion of liability
 * Dickenson's Arcade Pty Ltd v Tasmania (1974) 130 CLR 177 - franchise fee exceptions
 * Hematite Petroleum Pty Ltd v Victoria (1983) 151 CLR 599 - pipeline fees case, rejection of narrow view
 * Gosford Meats Pty Ltd v New South Wales (1985) 155 CLR 368
 * Ha v New South Wales (1997) 189 CLR 465 - adoption of broad view, franchise fee discussion

Taxation and grants
Category:Taxation in the Australian Constitution cases

Category:Grants power in the Australian Constitution cases


 * R v Barger (1908) 6 CLR 41 - taxes on agricultural machinery, before Engineers
 * Fairfax v Commissioner of Taxation (1965) 114 CLR 1 - superannuation, still a law about tax
 * State Chamber of Commerce and Industry v Commonwealth (the Second Fringe Benefits Tax Case) (1987) 163 CLR 329 - accept Kitto from Fairfax
 * Northern Suburbs General Cemetery Reserve Trust v Commonwealth (1993) 176 CLR 555 - training of employees
 * Air Caledonie v Commonwealth (1988) 165 CLR 462 - Migration Act amendments
 * Australian Tape Manufacturers Association Ltd v Commonwealth (1993) 176 CLR 480 - compensate copyright owners, not going into public body
 * Luton v Lessels (2002) 210 CLR 333 - child support scheme
 * Airservices Australia v Canadian Airlines International Ltd (2000) 202 CLR 133 - Compass airlines, relationship between fee and service
 * Harper v Minister for Sea Fisheries (1989) 168 CLR 314 - abalone
 * South Australia v Commonwealth (the First Uniform Tax Case) (1942) - 4 Acts relating to tax
 * Victoria v Commonwealth (1957) (the Second Uniform Tax Case) (1957) 99 CLR 575 - extensions to previous case
 * Attorney-General (Vic) (Ex rel Black) v Commonwealth (the DOGS case) (1981) 146 CLR 559 - religious schools, s116
 * Deputy Federal Commissioner of Taxation (NSW) v W R Moran Pty Ltd (1939) 61 CLR 735 - section 96 limited by section 99, wheat/flour
 * W R Moran Pty Ltd v Deputy Federal Commissioner of Taxation (NSW) [1940] AC 838 - Privy Council for previous case
 * P J Magennis Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (1949) 80 CLR 382 - acquisition of property
 * Pye v Renshaw (1951) 84 CLR 58 - as above

Incidental power, purpose and proportionality
Category:Proportionality in the Australian Constitution cases
 * Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Wills (1992) 177 CLR 1 - freedom of interstate intercourse, political communcation, proportionality, AIRC case
 * Leask v Commonwealth (1996) 187 CLR 579 - financial reporting, proportionality

Constitutional rights
Category:Rights in the Australian Constitution cases
 * Street v Queensland Bar Association (1989) 168 CLR 461
 * Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (1992) 177 CLR 106
 * Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1997) 189 CLR 520 - NZ PM
 * Theophanous v Herald & Weekly Times Ltd (1994) 182 CLR 104
 * Stephens v West Australian Newspapers (1994) 182 CLR 211
 * ABC v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd (2001) 208 CLR 199
 * Coleman v Power (2004) 220 CLR 1 - Shopping centre accusing police of being corrupt
 * Levy v Victoria (1997) 189 CLR 579
 * Leeth v Commonwealth (1992) 174 CLR 455 - non-parole periods, legal equality
 * Kruger v Commonwealth (1997) 190 CLR 1 - Stolen Generations
 * Polyukhovich v Commonwealth (1991) 172 CLR 501
 * Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (1996) 189 CLR 51 - detaining one individual
 * John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Attorney-General (NSW) (2000) 181 ALR 694
 * Fardon v Attorney-General (Qld) (2004) 210 ALR 50 - separation of powers
 * Union Steamship Co of Australia Pty Ltd v King (1988) 166 CLR 1
 * Durham Holdings Pty Ltd v NSW (2001) 205 CLR 399

Judicial review; Engineers revisited

 * Marbury v. Madison (1803) 5 US (1 Cranch) 137 US case
 * Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd. (Engineers' Case) (1920) 28 CLR 129
 * Victoria v Commonwealth (1971) (the Payroll Tax Case) (1971) 122 CLR 353 - application of Melbourne Corp, payroll tax affecting States

Intergovernmental immunity
Category:Intergovernmental immunity in the Australian Constitution cases
 * Melbourne Corporation v Commonwealth (the State Banking Case) (1947) 74 CLR 31
 * Needs reviewing for consistency
 * Queensland Electricity Commission v Commonwealth (1985) 159 CLR 192 - Commonwealth intervening in electricity dispute, doctrine of rational discrimination
 * Re Australian Education Union (1995) 184 CLR 188 - AIRC hearing Victoria in particular
 * Needs infobox
 * Victoria v Commonwealth (the Industrial Relations Act Case) (1996) 187 CLR 416
 * Austin v Commonwealth (2003) 215 CLR 185 - Judges in States, affecting structural integrity

Constitutional interpretation
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