PEOPLES NATURAL GAS COMPANY v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF PENNSYLVANIA et al. (1926)

PEOPLES NATURAL GAS COMPANY v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF PENNSYLVANIA et al.
	Term: 1925
Important Dates
	Argued: October 21, 1925
	Decided: April 12, 1926
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

PEOPLES NATURAL GAS COMPANY v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF PENNSYLVANIA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 12, 1926. The case was argued before the court on October 21, 1925.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: gas pipeline (cf. federal transportation regulation: pipeline)
Petitioner: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Pennsylvania
Citation: 270 U.S. 550
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Willis Van Devanter

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.