FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO. et al. (1972)

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FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO. et al.
Term: 1971
Important Dates
Argued: April 19, 1972
Decided: June 7, 1972
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • Byron White

FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 7, 1972. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 1972.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: gas pipeline (cf. federal transportation regulation: pipeline)
  • 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: 406 U.S. 621
  • 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: 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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