UNITED STATES v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF CALIFORNIA ET AL. (1953) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF CALIFORNIA ET AL.

Term: 1952
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 1953
Decided: April 6, 1953
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Hugo Black • Robert Jackson

UNITED STATES v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF CALIFORNIA ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 6, 1953. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1953.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Supreme 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.

About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: California
Citation: 345 U.S. 295
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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