WISCONSIN et al. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION et al. (1963)

WISCONSIN et al. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION et al.
	Term: 1962
Important Dates
	Argued: January 9, 1963
	Decided: May 20, 1963
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • Earl Warren

WISCONSIN et al. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1963. The case was argued before the court on January 9, 1963.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: gas producer
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Wisconsin
Respondent type: Federal Power Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 373 U.S. 294
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: John Harlan II

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 conservative.