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PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPE LINE CO. v. MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ET AL. (1951)

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PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPE LINE CO. v. MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ET AL.
Term: 1950
Important Dates
Argued: April 23, 1951
Decided: May 14, 1951
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter

PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPE LINE CO. v. MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1951. The case was argued before the court on April 23, 1951.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: public utilities (cf. federal public utilities regulation)
  • Petitioner: Pipe line 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. 329
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Sherman Minton

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.

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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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