ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1970) - Ballotpedia

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ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: November 12, 1970
Decided: December 8, 1970
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-4
Equally divided vote
Hugo Black • Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White

ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 8, 1970. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1970.

In a 4-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: electric power
Petitioner: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 400 U.S. 73
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Equally divided vote
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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