Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. v. Public Service Commission of New York

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

Docket 79-134 · 447 U.S. 530 (1980) · Cited 838 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.

• Lehman v. City of Shaker Heights · 418 U.S. 298 (1974)
• First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti · 435 U.S. 765 (1978)
• Greer v. Spock · 424 U.S. 828 (1976)
• Kovacs v. Cooper · 336 U.S. 77 (1949)
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education · 431 U.S. 209 (1977)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation · 438 U.S. 726 (1978)
• Police Department of Chicago v. Mosley · 408 U.S. 92 (1972)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• Cox v. New Hampshire · 312 U.S. 569 (1941)
• Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Township of Willingboro · 431 U.S. 85 (1977)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · 393 U.S. 503 (1969)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · 395 U.S. 367 (1969)
• Cohen v. California · 403 U.S. 15 (1971)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 536 (1965)
• Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville · 422 U.S. 205 (1975)
• Gitlow v. New York · 268 U.S. 652 (1925)
• Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson · 343 U.S. 495 (1952)
• Spence v. Washington · 418 U.S. 405 (1974)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp. · 318 U.S. 80 (1943)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Miller v. California · 413 U.S. 15 (1973)
• Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co. · 419 U.S. 345 (1974)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)

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• Reed v. Town of Gilbert · 576 U.S. 155 (2015)
• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 475 U.S. 1 (1986)
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 453 U.S. 490 (1981)
• Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp. · 463 U.S. 60 (1983)
• Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'n · 460 U.S. 37 (1983)
• City of Ladue v. Gilleo · 512 U.S. 43 (1994)
• Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California · 468 U.S. 364 (1984)
• City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. · 475 U.S. 41 (1986)
• United States Postal Service v. Council of Greenburgh Civic Associations · 453 U.S. 114 (1981)
• Ysursa v. Pocatello Education Ass'n · 555 U.S. 353 (2009)
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul · 505 U.S. 377 (1992)
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• Hill v. Colorado · 530 U.S. 703 (2000)
• Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. · 551 U.S. 449 (2007)
• Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland · 481 U.S. 221 (1987)
• Austin v. Michigan State Chamber of Commerce · 494 U.S. 652 (1990)
• Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent · 466 U.S. 789 (1984)
• Rust v. Sullivan · 500 U.S. 173 (1991)
• City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. · 486 U.S. 750 (1988)
• Frisby v. Schultz · 487 U.S. 474 (1988)
• Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc. · 472 U.S. 749 (1985)
• Florida Bar v. Went for It, Inc. · 515 U.S. 618 (1995)
• 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)
• New York v. Ferber · 458 U.S. 747 (1982)
• Kansas v. Hendricks · 521 U.S. 346 (1997)
• Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence · 468 U.S. 288 (1984)
• Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. · 452 U.S. 640 (1981)
• Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union · 521 U.S. 844 (1997)
• Boos v. Barry · 485 U.S. 312 (1988)

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