Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc., et al. v. United Distribution Companies et al.

Decided January 8, 1991. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 89-1452 · 498 U.S. 211 (1991) · Cited 128 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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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.

• Permian Basin Area Rate Cases · 390 U.S. 747 (1968)
• Heckler v. Campbell · 461 U.S. 458 (1983)
• Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co. · 320 U.S. 591 (1944)
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin · 347 U.S. 672 (1954)
• Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 435 U.S. 519 (1978)
• K Mart Corp. v. Cartier, Inc. · 486 U.S. 281 (1988)
• Federal Power Commission v. Texaco Inc. · 417 U.S. 380 (1974)
• Federal Power Commission v. Sunray DX Oil Co. · 391 U.S. 9 (1968)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. · 463 U.S. 29 (1983)
• Heckler v. Chaney · 470 U.S. 821 (1985)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Curran · 456 U.S. 353 (1982)
• Federal Power Commission v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co. · 315 U.S. 575 (1942)
• United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Mobile Gas Service Corp. · 350 U.S. 332 (1956)
• Sullivan v. Stroop · 496 U.S. 478 (1990)
• United States v. Storer Broadcasting Co. · 351 U.S. 192 (1956)
• Federal Power Commission v. Sierra Pacific Power Co. · 350 U.S. 348 (1956)
• Federal Power Commission v. Texaco Inc. · 377 U.S. 33 (1964)
• Mobil Oil Corp. v. Federal Power Commission · 417 U.S. 283 (1974)

Cited by

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• Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corporation · 503 U.S. 258 (1992)
• Verizon Communications Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 535 U.S. 467 (2002)
• Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. v. Public Util. Dist. No. 1 of Snohomish Cty. · 554 U.S. 527 (2008)

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