VERIZON MD. INC. v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMM'N OF MD. (2002) - Ballotpedia

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VERIZON MD. INC. v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMM'N OF MD.

Term: 2001
Important Dates
Argued: December 5, 2001
Decided: May 20, 2002
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • David Souter

VERIZON MD. INC. v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMM'N OF MD. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 2002. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 2001.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: public utilities (cf. federal public utilities regulation)
Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Maryland
Citation: 535 U.S. 635
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

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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