CALIFORNIA v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION et al. (1990)

CALIFORNIA v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION et al.
	Term: 1989
Important Dates
	Argued: March 20, 1990
	Decided: May 21, 1990
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

CALIFORNIA v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 1990. The case was argued before the court on March 20, 1990.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 495 U.S. 490
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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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.