CONTINENTAL OIL CO. et al. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION (1968)

CONTINENTAL OIL CO. et al. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION
	Term: 1967
Important Dates
	Argued: December 5, 1967
	Decided: May 1, 1968
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Brennan • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Douglas

CONTINENTAL OIL CO. et al. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 1, 1968. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1967.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part 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, Tenth Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: gas producer
Petitioner: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Federal Power Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 390 U.S. 747
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Harlan II

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.