Federal Power Commission v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. et al.

Decided June 20, 1949. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 558 · 337 U.S. 498 (1949) · Cited 170 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

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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.

• Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission · 324 U.S. 581 (1945)
• Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Public Service Commission · 332 U.S. 507 (1947)
• Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co. · 320 U.S. 591 (1944)
• Public Util. Comm'n of Ohio v. United Fuel Gas Co. · 317 U.S. 456 (1943)
• Interstate Natural Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission · 331 U.S. 682 (1947)
• Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Federal Power Commission · 324 U.S. 635 (1945)
• Yakus v. United States · 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
• Hecht Co. v. Bowles · 321 U.S. 321 (1944)
• Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40 · 300 U.S. 515 (1937)
• Porter v. Warner Holding Co. · 328 U.S. 395 (1946)
• Norwegian Nitrogen Products Co. v. United States · 288 U.S. 294 (1933)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Bunte Bros. · 312 U.S. 349 (1941)
• Public Utilities Commission v. Attleboro Steam & Electric Co. · 273 U.S. 83 (1927)
• Harrisonville v. W. S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Co. · 289 U.S. 334 (1933)
• Illinois Natural Gas Co. v. Central Illinois Public Service Co. · 314 U.S. 498 (1942)
• Missouri Ex Rel. Barrett v. Kansas Natural Gas Co. · 265 U.S. 298 (1924)
• Pennsylvania Gas Co. v. Public Service Commission · 252 U.S. 23 (1920)

Cited by

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

• Northwest Central Pipeline Corp. v. State Corporation Comm'n of Kan. · 489 U.S. 493 (1989)
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin · 347 U.S. 672 (1954)
• American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. United States · 344 U.S. 298 (1953)
• Oneok, Inc. v. Learjet, Inc. · 575 U.S. 373 (2015)
• Northern Natural Gas Co. v. State Corp. Commission · 372 U.S. 84 (1963)
• Federal Election Commission v. NRA Political Victory Fund · 513 U.S. 88 (1994)
• Federal Power Commission v. East Ohio Gas Co. · 338 U.S. 464 (1950)

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