ARCADIA, OHIO, et al. v. OHIO POWER COMPANY, et al. (1990)

ARCADIA, OHIO, et al. v. OHIO POWER COMPANY, et al.
	Term: 1990
Important Dates
	Argued: October 1, 1990
	Decided: November 27, 1990
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Concurring
	Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

ARCADIA, OHIO, et al. v. OHIO POWER COMPANY, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 27, 1990. The case was argued before the court on October 1, 1990.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: electric power
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Ohio
Respondent type: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 498 U.S. 73
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.