GULF STATES UTILITIES CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION et al. (1973)

GULF STATES UTILITIES CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION et al.
	Term: 1972
Important Dates
	Argued: December 5, 1972
	Decided: May 14, 1973
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Dissenting
	Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart

GULF STATES UTILITIES CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1973. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1972.

In a 6-3 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: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Federal Power Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 411 U.S. 747
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: Harry Blackmun

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.