Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. v. Hall et al.

Decided July 2, 1981. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 78-1789 · 453 U.S. 571 (1981) · Cited 492 times

Holding

The filed rate doctrine prohibits the award of damages for petitioner's breach during the period that respondents were subject to the Commission's jurisdiction.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Mobile Gas Service Corp. · 350 U.S. 332 (1956)
• Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. v. Northwestern Public Service Co. · 341 U.S. 246 (1951)
• Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. v. Kalo Brick & Tile Co. · 450 U.S. 311 (1981)
• Permian Basin Area Rate Cases · 390 U.S. 747 (1968)
• San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · 359 U.S. 236 (1959)
• Federal Power Commission v. Sierra Pacific Power Co. · 350 U.S. 348 (1956)
• Pan American Petroleum Corp. v. Superior Court of Del. for New Castle Cty. · 366 U.S. 656 (1961)
• T. I. M. E. Inc. v. United States · 359 U.S. 464 (1959)
• Skelly Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co. · 339 U.S. 667 (1950)
• Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co. · 320 U.S. 591 (1944)
• Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Mugg · 202 U.S. 242 (1906)
• United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division · 358 U.S. 103 (1958)
• Federal Power Commission v. Sunray DX Oil Co. · 391 U.S. 9 (1968)
• Federal Power Commission v. Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. · 371 U.S. 145 (1962)
• Lowden v. Simonds-Shields-Lonsdale Grain Co. · 306 U.S. 516 (1939)

Cited by

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

• Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. v. Public Util. Dist. No. 1 of Snohomish Cty. · 554 U.S. 527 (2008)
• Maislin Industries, U. S., Inc. v. Primary Steel, Inc. · 497 U.S. 116 (1990)
• Schneidewind v. ANR Pipeline Co. · 485 U.S. 293 (1988)
• American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Central Office Telephone, Inc. · 524 U.S. 214 (1998)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1981). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).