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FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.

Term: 1971
Important Dates
Argued: November 15, 1971
Decided: January 12, 1972
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
4-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Dissenting
Warren Burger • William Douglas

FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 12, 1972. The case was argued before the court on November 15, 1971.

In a 4-2 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, Fifth Circuit.

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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 Power Commission
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 404 U.S. 453
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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