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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al. v. FLORIDA POWER CORP. et al. (1987)

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al. v. FLORIDA POWER CORP. et al.
Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: December 3, 1986
Decided: February 25, 1987
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al. v. FLORIDA POWER CORP. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1987. The case was argued before the court on December 3, 1986.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
  • Petitioner: Federal Communications Commission (including a predecessor, Federal Radio Commission)
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Public utility
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 480 U.S. 245
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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