Federal Energy Administration et al. v. Algonquin Sng, Inc., et al.

Decided June 17, 1976. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 75-382 · 426 U.S. 548 (1976) · Cited 171 times

Holding

Section 232(b) authorizes the action taken by the President.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co. v. United States · 276 U.S. 394 (1928)
• Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co. · 396 U.S. 375 (1970)
• Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp. · 341 U.S. 384 (1951)
• American Power & Light Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 329 U.S. 90 (1946)
• National Woodwork Manufacturers Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board · 386 U.S. 612 (1967)
• National Cable Television Assn., Inc. v. United States · 415 U.S. 336 (1974)

Cited by

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

• Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston · 469 U.S. 111 (1985)
• County of Los Angeles v. Davis · 440 U.S. 625 (1979)
• Vance v. Bradley · 440 U.S. 93 (1979)
• Barry v. Barchi · 443 U.S. 55 (1979)
• North Haven Board of Education v. Bell · 456 U.S. 512 (1982)
• County of Washington v. Gunther · 452 U.S. 161 (1981)
• Union Pacific Railroad v. Sheehan · 439 U.S. 89 (1978)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Phinpathya · 464 U.S. 183 (1984)
• Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio v. Betts · 492 U.S. 158 (1989)
• Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. County of Kent · 510 U.S. 355 (1994)

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