FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. EAST OHIO GAS CO. ET AL. (1950)

FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. EAST OHIO GAS CO. ET AL.
	Term: 1949
Important Dates
	Argued: November 10, 1949
	Decided: January 9, 1950
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	5-2
Majority
	Hugo Black • Tom Clark • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
	Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson

FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. EAST OHIO GAS CO. ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 9, 1950. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 1949.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. 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: gas producer
Petitioner: Federal Power Commission
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 338 U.S. 464
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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.