NATIONAL CABLE & TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION, INC. v. GULF POWER COMPANY et al. (2002)

NATIONAL CABLE & TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION, INC. v. GULF POWER COMPANY et al.
	Term: 2001
Important Dates
	Argued: October 2, 2001
	Decided: January 16, 2002
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-2
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	David Souter • Clarence Thomas

NATIONAL CABLE & TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION, INC. v. GULF POWER COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 16, 2002. The case was argued before the court on October 2, 2001.

In a 6-2 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 U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
Petitioner: cable TV
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Public utility
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 534 U.S. 327
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.