WESTERN DISTRIBUTING CO. v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF KANSAS et al. (1932) - Ballotpedia

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WESTERN DISTRIBUTING CO. v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF KANSAS et al.

Term: 1931
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 1932
Decided: February 29, 1932
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

WESTERN DISTRIBUTING CO. v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF KANSAS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 29, 1932. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1932.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: gas producer
Petitioner: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Kansas
Citation: 285 U.S. 119
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: Owen Josephus Roberts

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

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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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