Federal Power Commission v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. et al.

Decided January 23, 1961. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 45 · 365 U.S. 1 (1961) · Cited 198 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Public Service Commission · 332 U.S. 507 (1947)
• Atlantic Refining Co. v. Public Service Commission · 360 U.S. 378 (1959)
• United States v. Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co. · 326 U.S. 236 (1945)
• Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co. · 320 U.S. 591 (1944)
• Pennsylvania v. West Virginia · 262 U.S. 553 (1923)
• Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission · 324 U.S. 581 (1945)
• Guss v. Utah Labor Relations Board · 353 U.S. 1 (1957)
• Public Util. Comm'n of Ohio v. United Fuel Gas Co. · 317 U.S. 456 (1943)
• Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Co. v. Calvert · 347 U.S. 157 (1954)
• West v. Kansas Natural Gas Co. · 221 U.S. 229 (1911)
• Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission · 364 U.S. 137 (1960)
• Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Federal Power Commission · 324 U.S. 635 (1945)
• Federal Power Commission v. East Ohio Gas Co. · 338 U.S. 464 (1950)

Cited by

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

• Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n v. Elec. Power Supply Ass'n · 577 U.S. 260 (2016)
• Federal Power Commission v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 406 U.S. 621 (1972)
• Northern Natural Gas Co. v. State Corp. Commission · 372 U.S. 84 (1963)
• Federal Power Commission v. Sunray DX Oil Co. · 391 U.S. 9 (1968)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 512 U.S. 622 (1994)
• Federal Communications Commission v. National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting · 436 U.S. 775 (1978)
• Federal Communications Commission v. WNCN Listeners Guild · 450 U.S. 582 (1981)

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