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OTTER TAIL POWER CO. v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: December 5, 1972
Decided: February 22, 1973
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-3
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Dissenting
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart

OTTER TAIL POWER CO. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 22, 1973. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1972.

In a 4-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
Petitioner: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 410 U.S. 366
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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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