Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Michigan Public Service Commission et al.
Decided May 14, 1951. Sherman Minton delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 486 · 341 U.S. 329 (1951)
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 7
- Sherman Minton · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Frederick Moore Vinson
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Robert Houghwout Jackson
- Stanley Forman Reed
- Tom C. Clark
Dissenting · 2
- Felix Frankfurter · filed a dissenting opinion
- William Orville Douglas
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