FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION v. ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY ASSOCIATION (2016)

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION v. ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY ASSOCIATION
	Term: 2015
Important Dates
	Argued: October 14, 2015
	Decided: January 25, 2016
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-2
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor
Dissenting
	Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION v. ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY ASSOCIATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 25, 2016. The case was argued before the court on October 14, 2015.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 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, 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: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 577 U.S. 260
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Elena Kagan

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.