CONNECTICUT LIGHT & POWER CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION (1945)

CONNECTICUT LIGHT & POWER CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION
	Term: 1944
Important Dates
	Argued: January 3, 1945
	Decided: March 26, 1945
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Concurring
	Wiley Rutledge
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed

CONNECTICUT LIGHT & POWER CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 26, 1945. The case was argued before the court on January 3, 1945.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. 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: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Federal Power Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 324 U.S. 515
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Robert Jackson

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.