Oneok, Inc., v. Learjet, Inc.

Decided April 21, 2015. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 13-271 · 575 U.S. 373 (2015) · Cited 289 times

Holding

Respondents' state-law antitrust claims are not within the feld of matters pre-empted by the Natural Gas Act.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Northern Natural Gas Co. v. State Corp. Commission · 372 U.S. 84 (1963)
• Schneidewind v. ANR Pipeline Co. · 485 U.S. 293 (1988)
• Northwest Central Pipeline Corp. v. State Corporation Comm'n of Kan. · 489 U.S. 493 (1989)
• Wyeth v. Levine · 555 U.S. 555 (2009)
• Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. Mississippi Ex Rel. Moore · 487 U.S. 354 (1988)
• Public Util. Comm'n of Ohio v. United Fuel Gas Co. · 317 U.S. 456 (1943)
• General Motors Corp. v. Tracy · 519 U.S. 278 (1997)
• Federal Power Commission v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 406 U.S. 621 (1972)
• 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)
• California v. ARC America Corp. · 490 U.S. 93 (1989)
• Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission · 324 U.S. 581 (1945)
• Exxon Corp. v. Eagerton · 462 U.S. 176 (1983)
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin · 347 U.S. 672 (1954)
• Federal Power Commission v. Southern California Edison Co. · 376 U.S. 205 (1964)
• Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. v. Kalo Brick & Tile Co. · 450 U.S. 311 (1981)
• Watson v. Buck · 313 U.S. 387 (1941)
• Sprietsma v. Mercury Marine · 537 U.S. 51 (2002)
• Nantahala Power & Light Co. v. Thornburg · 476 U.S. 953 (1986)
• Public Utilities Commission v. Attleboro Steam & Electric Co. · 273 U.S. 83 (1927)
• Federal Power Commission v. Conway Corp. · 426 U.S. 271 (1976)
• Missouri Ex Rel. Barrett v. Kansas Natural Gas Co. · 265 U.S. 298 (1924)
• Interstate Natural Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission · 331 U.S. 682 (1947)
• Arizona v. United States · 567 U.S. 387 (2012)
• Ederal Power Commission v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. · 337 U.S. 498 (1949)
• City of Arlington v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n · 569 U.S. 290 (2013)
• Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp. · 565 U.S. 625 (2012)

Cited by

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• Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n v. Elec. Power Supply Ass'n · 577 U.S. 260 (2016)
• Gobeille v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. · 577 U.S. 312 (2016)

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