Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. v. Arkansas Public Service Commission

Decided May 16, 1983. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 81-731 · 461 U.S. 375 (1983) · Cited 289 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• New England Power Co. v. New Hampshire · 455 U.S. 331 (1982)
• Illinois Natural Gas Co. v. Central Illinois Public Service Co. · 314 U.S. 498 (1942)
• Federal Power Commission v. Southern California Edison Co. · 376 U.S. 205 (1964)
• Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. De La Cuesta · 458 U.S. 141 (1982)
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland · 437 U.S. 117 (1978)
• United States v. Public Utilities Commission · 345 U.S. 295 (1953)
• Public Utilities Commission v. Attleboro Steam & Electric Co. · 273 U.S. 83 (1927)
• Missouri Ex Rel. Barrett v. Kansas Natural Gas Co. · 265 U.S. 298 (1924)
• Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc. · 397 U.S. 137 (1970)
• Jones v. Rath Packing Co. · 430 U.S. 519 (1977)
• Western & Southern Life Ins. Co. v. State Bd. of Equalization of Cal. · 451 U.S. 648 (1981)
• Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Public Service Commission · 332 U.S. 507 (1947)
• Brown v. Socialist Workers '74 Campaign Comm. (Ohio) · 459 U.S. 87 (1982)
• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 331 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Parker v. Brown · 317 U.S. 341 (1943)
• Munn v. Illinois · 94 U.S. 113 (1877)
• City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey · 437 U.S. 617 (1978)
• Hughes v. Oklahoma · 441 U.S. 322 (1979)
• Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · 435 U.S. 151 (1978)
• Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona Ex Rel. Sullivan · 325 U.S. 761 (1945)
• United States v. Arnold, Schwinn & Co. · 388 U.S. 365 (1967)
• Free v. Bland · 369 U.S. 663 (1962)
• Lewis v. BT Investment Managers, Inc. · 447 U.S. 27 (1980)
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Mississippi · 456 U.S. 742 (1982)
• South Carolina State Highway Department v. Barnwell Bros. · 303 U.S. 177 (1938)
• Prudential Insurance v. Benjamin · 328 U.S. 408 (1946)
• Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana · 453 U.S. 609 (1981)
• In Re Rahrer · 140 U.S. 545 (1891)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Ware · 414 U.S. 117 (1973)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Quill Corp. v. North Dakota Ex Rel. Heitkamp · 504 U.S. 298 (1992)
• Schneidewind v. ANR Pipeline Co. · 485 U.S. 293 (1988)
• General Motors Corp. v. Tracy · 519 U.S. 278 (1997)
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul · 505 U.S. 377 (1992)
• Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs v. Isla Petroleum Corp. · 485 U.S. 495 (1988)
• New Orleans Public Service, Inc. v. Council of City of New Orleans · 491 U.S. 350 (1989)
• Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc. · 489 U.S. 141 (1989)
• Wyoming v. Oklahoma · 502 U.S. 437 (1992)
• Sprietsma v. Mercury Marine · 537 U.S. 51 (2002)
• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v. Walsh, Acting Commissioner, Maine Department of Human Services · 538 U.S. 644 (2003)
• Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. Mississippi Ex Rel. Moore · 487 U.S. 354 (1988)
• West Virginia v. EPA · 597 U.S. 697 (2022)

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