JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION (1943) - Ballotpedia

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JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION

Term: 1942
Important Dates
Argued: January 4, 1943
Decided: May 3, 1943
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge
Dissenting
Felix Frankfurter • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 3, 1943. The case was argued before the court on January 4, 1943.

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, Third 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: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Federal Power Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 319 U.S. 61
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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