MONTANA-DAKOTA UTILITIES CO. v. NORTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (1951)

MONTANA-DAKOTA UTILITIES CO. v. NORTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE CO.
	Term: 1950
Important Dates
	Argued: November 27, 1950
	Decided: May 7, 1951
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Stanley Reed

MONTANA-DAKOTA UTILITIES CO. v. NORTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 7, 1951. The case was argued before the court on November 27, 1950.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Dakota South Dakota U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
Petitioner: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 341 U.S. 246
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: Robert Jackson

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.