Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Federal Power Commission et al.
Decided May 14, 1973. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 71-1178 · 411 U.S. 747 (1973) · Cited 166 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–3.
Majority · 6
- Harry Andrew Blackmun · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Byron Raymond White
- Thurgood Marshall
- Warren Earl Burger
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
- William Orville Douglas
Dissenting · 3
- Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. · filed a dissenting opinion
- Potter Stewart
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
“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.
- California v. Federal Power Commission · 369 U.S. 482 (1962)
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp. · 318 U.S. 80 (1943)
- Udall v. Tallman · 380 U.S. 1 (1965)
- California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited · 404 U.S. 508 (1972)
- Unemployment Compensation Comm'n of Alaska v. Aragon · 329 U.S. 143 (1946)
- Otter Tail Power Co. v. United States · 410 U.S. 366 (1973)
- McLean Trucking Co. v. United States · 321 U.S. 67 (1944)
- Federal Communications Commission v. RCA Communications, Inc. · 346 U.S. 86 (1953)
- North American Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 327 U.S. 686 (1946)
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)
- Bowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc. · 419 U.S. 281 (1974)
- New York v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission · 535 U.S. 1 (2002)
- Federal Power Commission v. Conway Corp. · 426 U.S. 271 (1976)
- Arcadia v. Ohio Power Co. · 498 U.S. 73 (1990)
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