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RAILROAD COMMISSION OF CALIFORNIA et al. v. PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO. (1938)

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RAILROAD COMMISSION OF CALIFORNIA et al. v. PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
Term: 1937
Important Dates
Argued: April 30, 1937
Decided: January 3, 1938
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Hugo Black • Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland
Dissenting
Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds

RAILROAD COMMISSION OF CALIFORNIA et al. v. PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1938. The case was argued before the court on April 30, 1937.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
  • Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Petitioner state: California
  • Respondent type: Public utility
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 302 U.S. 388
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Evans Hughes

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.

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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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