FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. TEXACO INC. et al. (1974)

FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. TEXACO INC. et al.
	Term: 1973
Important Dates
	Argued: February 19, 1974
	Decided: June 10, 1974
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White

FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. TEXACO INC. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 10, 1974. The case was argued before the court on February 19, 1974.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated 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, 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: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 417 U.S. 380
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.