UNITED GAS PIPE LINE CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION et al. (1966)

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UNITED GAS PIPE LINE CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION et al.
Term: 1966
Important Dates
Argued: October 19, 1966
Decided: November 14, 1966
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

UNITED GAS PIPE LINE CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 14, 1966. The case was argued before the court on October 19, 1966.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: gas producer
  • Petitioner: Pipe line company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Federal Power Commission
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 385 U.S. 83
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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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