Northern Natural Gas Co. v. State Corporation Commission of Kansas

Decided February 18, 1963. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 62 · 372 U.S. 84 (1963) · Cited 183 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.

• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin · 347 U.S. 672 (1954)
• Champlin Rfg. Co. v. Corporation Commission of Oklahoma · 286 U.S. 210 (1932)
• San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · 359 U.S. 236 (1959)
• Federal Power Commission v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. · 365 U.S. 1 (1961)
• Interstate Natural Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission · 331 U.S. 682 (1947)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co. · 220 U.S. 61 (1911)
• Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co. · 320 U.S. 591 (1944)
• Aquilino v. United States · 363 U.S. 509 (1960)
• Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission · 324 U.S. 581 (1945)
• Dean Milk Co. v. City of Madison · 340 U.S. 349 (1951)
• Miller Brothers Co. v. Maryland · 347 U.S. 340 (1954)
• Leiter Minerals, Inc. v. United States · 352 U.S. 220 (1957)
• Indiana Ex Rel. Anderson v. Brand · 303 U.S. 95 (1938)
• Stephenson v. Binford · 287 U.S. 251 (1932)
• Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Public Service Commission · 332 U.S. 507 (1947)
• Ohio Oil Company v. Indiana · 177 U.S. 190 (1900)
• Thompson v. Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp. · 300 U.S. 55 (1937)
• Public Utilities Commission v. Attleboro Steam & Electric Co. · 273 U.S. 83 (1927)
• Ederal Power Commission v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. · 337 U.S. 498 (1949)
• Dayton-Goose Creek Railway Co. v. United States, Interstate Commerce Commission · 263 U.S. 456 (1924)
• Bandini Petroleum Co. v. Superior Court, Los Angeles Cty. · 284 U.S. 8 (1931)
• 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)
• Cities Service Gas Co. v. Peerless Oil & Gas Co. · 340 U.S. 179 (1950)
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Oklahoma · 340 U.S. 190 (1950)

Cited by

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

• Oneok, Inc. v. Learjet, Inc. · 575 U.S. 373 (2015)
• Northwest Central Pipeline Corp. v. State Corporation Comm'n of Kan. · 489 U.S. 493 (1989)
• Schneidewind v. ANR Pipeline Co. · 485 U.S. 293 (1988)
• Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n v. Elec. Power Supply Ass'n · 577 U.S. 260 (2016)
• Maryland v. Louisiana · 451 U.S. 725 (1981)
• Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs v. Isla Petroleum Corp. · 485 U.S. 495 (1988)

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