FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. SIERRA PACIFIC POWER CO. (1956)

FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. SIERRA PACIFIC POWER CO.
	Term: 1955
Important Dates
	Argued: November 8, 1955
	Decided: February 27, 1956
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Earl Warren

FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. SIERRA PACIFIC POWER CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 27, 1956. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1955.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed 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: 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: 350 U.S. 348
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Harlan II

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.