FEDERAL RADIO COMMISSION v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY et al. (1930)

FEDERAL RADIO COMMISSION v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY et al.
	Term: 1929
Important Dates
	Argued: January 17, 1930
	Decided: May 19, 1930
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

FEDERAL RADIO COMMISSION v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 1930. The case was argued before the court on January 17, 1930.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. 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: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: justiciable question
Petitioner: Federal Communications Commission (including a predecessor, Federal Radio Commission)
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 281 U.S. 464
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Willis Van Devanter

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 conservative.