MOBIL ALASKA PIPELINE CO. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1978)

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MOBIL ALASKA PIPELINE CO. v. UNITED STATES et al.
Term: 1977
Important Dates
Argued: March 28, 1978
Decided: June 6, 1978
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

MOBIL ALASKA PIPELINE CO. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 6, 1978. The case was argued before the court on March 28, 1978.

In an 8-0 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of transportation regulation: pipeline (cf. federal public utilities regulation: gas pipeline)
  • Petitioner: Pipe line company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Interstate Commerce Commission
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 436 U.S. 631
  • 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: William Brennan

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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