CHEMEHUEVI TRIBE OF INDIANS et al. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION et al. (1975)

CHEMEHUEVI TRIBE OF INDIANS et al. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION et al.
	Term: 1974
Important Dates
	Argued: January 13, 1975
	Decided: March 3, 1975
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White

CHEMEHUEVI TRIBE OF INDIANS et al. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1975. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1975.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated 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: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Federal Power Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 420 U.S. 395
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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 conservative.