LONE STAR GAS CO. v. TEXAS et al. (1938)

LONE STAR GAS CO. v. TEXAS et al.
	Term: 1937
Important Dates
	Argued: March 28, 1938
	Decided: May 16, 1938
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
	Hugo Black

LONE STAR GAS CO. v. TEXAS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1938. The case was argued before the court on March 28, 1938.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Texas State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: gas pipeline (cf. federal transportation regulation: pipeline)
Petitioner: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Texas
Citation: 304 U.S. 224
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Charles Evans Hughes

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.