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FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION v. MARTIN EXPLORATION MANAGEMENT CO. et al. (1988)

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FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION v. MARTIN EXPLORATION MANAGEMENT CO. et al.
Term: 1987
Important Dates
Argued: March 28, 1988
Decided: May 31, 1988
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION v. MARTIN EXPLORATION MANAGEMENT CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 31, 1988. The case was argued before the court on March 28, 1988.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. 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: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Oil company, or natural gas producer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 486 U.S. 204
  • 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: William Brennan

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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