KANSAS et al. v. UTILICORP UNITED INC. (1990)
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| KANSAS et al. v. UTILICORP UNITED INC. |
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| Term: 1989 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: April 16, 1990 |
| Decided: June 21, 1990 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens |
| Dissenting |
| Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White |
KANSAS et al. v. UTILICORP UNITED INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 1990. The case was argued before the court on April 16, 1990.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
- Petitioner: Consumer, consumer organization
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Public utility
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 497 U.S. 199
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Anthony Kennedy
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.
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