NEW YORK et al. v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION et al. (2002)

NEW YORK et al. v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION et al.
	Term: 2001
Important Dates
	Argued: October 3, 2001
	Decided: March 4, 2002
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

NEW YORK et al. v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 2002. The case was argued before the court on October 3, 2001.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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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: State
Petitioner state: New York
Respondent type: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 535 U.S. 1
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: John Paul Stevens

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.