Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission of New York

Decided June 20, 1980. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 79-565 · 447 U.S. 557 (1980) · Cited 2,526 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona · 433 U.S. 350 (1977)
• Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn. · 436 U.S. 447 (1978)
• First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti · 435 U.S. 765 (1978)
• Carey v. Population Services International · 431 U.S. 678 (1977)
• Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Township of Willingboro · 431 U.S. 85 (1977)
• Whitney v. California · 274 U.S. 357 (1927)
• Barrows v. Jackson · 346 U.S. 249 (1953)
• Friedman v. Rogers · 440 U.S. 1 (1979)
• Townsend v. Yeomans · 301 U.S. 441 (1937)
• Parker v. Levy · 417 U.S. 733 (1974)
• Brandenburg v. Ohio · 395 U.S. 444 (1969)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• Illinois State Board of Elections v. Socialist Workers Party · 440 U.S. 173 (1979)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation · 438 U.S. 726 (1978)
• Breard v. Alexandria · 341 U.S. 622 (1951)
• Abrams v. United States · 250 U.S. 616 (1919)
• Valentine v. Chrestensen · 316 U.S. 52 (1942)
• West Ohio Gas Co. v. Public Util. Comm'n of Ohio · 294 U.S. 63 (1935)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• Garrison v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 64 (1964)
• Nebbia v. New York · 291 U.S. 502 (1934)
• Freedman v. Maryland · 380 U.S. 51 (1965)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• United States Civil Service Commission v. National Ass'n of Letter Carriers · 413 U.S. 548 (1973)
• Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton · 413 U.S. 49 (1973)

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• Posadas De Puerto Rico Associates v. Tourism Co. of Puerto Rico · 478 U.S. 328 (1986)
• Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Ohio · 471 U.S. 626 (1985)
• Thompson v. Western States Medical Center · 535 U.S. 357 (2002)
• City of Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc. · 507 U.S. 410 (1993)
• Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly · 533 U.S. 525 (2001)
• Matal v. Tam · 582 U.S. 218 (2017)
• Rubin v. Coors Brewing Co. · 514 U.S. 476 (1995)
• United States v. Edge Broadcasting Co. · 509 U.S. 418 (1993)
• Board of Trustees of State Univ. of NY v. Fox · 492 U.S. 469 (1989)
• Edenfield v. Fane · 507 U.S. 761 (1993)
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 453 U.S. 490 (1981)
• Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc. · 472 U.S. 749 (1985)
• Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman · 581 U.S. 37 (2017)
• Florida Bar v. Went for It, Inc. · 515 U.S. 618 (1995)
• In Re RMJ · 455 U.S. 191 (1982)
• Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp. · 463 U.S. 60 (1983)
• Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P. A. v. United States · 559 U.S. 229 (2010)
• United States v. United Foods, Inc. · 533 U.S. 405 (2001)
• Shapero v. Kentucky Bar Assn. · 486 U.S. 466 (1988)
• Glickman v. Wileman Brothers & Elliott, Inc. · 521 U.S. 457 (1997)
• United States v. Williams · 553 U.S. 285 (2008)
• Reed v. Town of Gilbert · 576 U.S. 155 (2015)
• San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee · 483 U.S. 522 (1987)
• Greater New Orleans Broadcasting Assn., Inc. v. United States · 527 U.S. 173 (1999)
• Denver Area Educational Telecommunications Consortium, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 518 U.S. 727 (1996)
• City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising of Austin, LLC · 596 U.S. 61 (2022)
• Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc. · 591 U.S. 610 (2020)
• Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. · 455 U.S. 489 (1982)
• Secretary of State of Md. v. Joseph H. Munson Co. · 467 U.S. 947 (1984)

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