ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC. v. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION et al. (2003)

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC. v. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION et al.
	Term: 2002
Important Dates
	Argued: April 28, 2003
	Decided: June 2, 2003
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC. v. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 2, 2003. The case was argued before the court on April 28, 2003.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.

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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: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Louisiana
Citation: 539 U.S. 39
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: Clarence Thomas

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.