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INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS CO., INC. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION et al. (1947)

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INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS CO., INC. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION et al.
Term: 1946
Important Dates
Argued: May 2, 1947
Decided: June 16, 1947
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson

INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS CO., INC. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 16, 1947. The case was argued before the court on May 2, 1947.

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, Fifth Circuit.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: gas producer
  • 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: 331 U.S. 682
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Frederick Vinson

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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