FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. UNION ELECTRIC CO. (1965)

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FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. UNION ELECTRIC CO.
Term: 1964
Important Dates
Argued: March 2, 1965
Decided: May 3, 1965
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. UNION ELECTRIC CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 3, 1965. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1965.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth 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: 381 U.S. 90
  • 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: 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.

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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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