DUKE POWER CO. et al. v. GREENWOOD COUNTY et al. (1938)

DUKE POWER CO. et al. v. GREENWOOD COUNTY et al.
	Term: 1937
Important Dates
	Argued: December 7, 1937
	Decided: January 3, 1938
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland
Concurring
	Hugo Black

DUKE POWER CO. et al. v. GREENWOOD COUNTY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1938. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1937.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Carolina Western 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: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: South Carolina
Citation: 302 U.S. 485
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: George Sutherland

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.