Federal Energy Regulatory Commission et al. v. Mississippi et al.

Decided June 1, 1982. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-1749 · 456 U.S. 742 (1982) · Cited 446 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Testa v. Katt · 330 U.S. 386 (1947)
• National League of Cities v. Usery · 426 U.S. 833 (1976)
• Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc. · 452 U.S. 264 (1981)
• Fry v. United States · 421 U.S. 542 (1975)
• Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Assn. · 443 U.S. 658 (1979)
• Carter v. Carter Coal Co. · 298 U.S. 238 (1936)
• United Transportation Union v. Long Island Rail Road · 455 U.S. 678 (1982)
• Hodel v. Indiana · 452 U.S. 314 (1981)
• Lane County v. Oregon · 74 U.S. 71 (1869)
• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona · 433 U.S. 350 (1977)
• Herb v. Pitcairn · 324 U.S. 117 (1945)
• Oklahoma v. United States Civil Service Commission · 330 U.S. 127 (1947)
• Federal Power Commission v. Florida Power & Light Co. · 404 U.S. 453 (1972)
• California v. Taylor · 353 U.S. 553 (1957)
• Younger v. Harris · 401 U.S. 37 (1971)
• Butz v. Economou · 438 U.S. 478 (1978)
• Gibbons v. Ogden · 22 U.S. 1 (1824)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul · 373 U.S. 132 (1963)
• Whalen v. Roe · 429 U.S. 589 (1977)
• Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. · 428 U.S. 1 (1976)
• United States v. Darby · 312 U.S. 100 (1941)
• Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States · 379 U.S. 241 (1964)
• Second Employers'liability Cases · 223 U.S. 1 (1912)
• City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 435 U.S. 389 (1978)
• Perez v. United States · 402 U.S. 146 (1971)
• Parden v. Terminal Railway of Alabama State Docks Department · 377 U.S. 184 (1964)
• New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann · 285 U.S. 262 (1932)
• Maryland v. Wirtz · 392 U.S. 183 (1968)
• Reeves, Inc. v. Stake · 447 U.S. 429 (1980)
• United States v. California · 297 U.S. 175 (1936)

Cited by

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

• Printz v. United States · 521 U.S. 898 (1997)
• New York v. United States · 505 U.S. 144 (1992)
• South Carolina v. Baker · 485 U.S. 505 (1988)
• Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority · 469 U.S. 528 (1985)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wyoming · 460 U.S. 226 (1983)
• United States v. Lopez · 514 U.S. 549 (1995)
• Knick v. Township of Scott · 588 U.S. 180 (2019)
• Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn. · 584 U.S. 453 (2018)
• Howlett Ex Rel. Howlett v. Rose · 496 U.S. 356 (1990)
• City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co. · 488 U.S. 469 (1989)
• National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius · 567 U.S. 519 (2012)
• American Paper Institute, Inc. v. American Electric Power Service Corp. · 461 U.S. 402 (1983)
• Jones v. United States · 529 U.S. 848 (2000)
• U. S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton · 514 U.S. 779 (1995)
• Rapanos v. United States · 547 U.S. 715 (2006)
• Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. v. Arkansas Public Service Commission · 461 U.S. 375 (1983)
• Bowen v. American Hospital Assn. · 476 U.S. 610 (1986)
• Haywood v. Drown · 556 U.S. 729 (2009)
• South Carolina v. Regan · 465 U.S. 367 (1984)
• New York v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission · 535 U.S. 1 (2002)
• City of Edmonds v. Oxford House, Inc. · 514 U.S. 725 (1995)
• Puerto Rico v. Branstad · 483 U.S. 219 (1987)

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