Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin et al.

Decided June 7, 1954. Sherman Minton delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 280 · 347 U.S. 672 (1954) · Cited 440 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.

• Interstate Natural Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission · 331 U.S. 682 (1947)
• 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)
• Missouri Ex Rel. Barrett v. Kansas Natural Gas Co. · 265 U.S. 298 (1924)
• Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co. · 320 U.S. 591 (1944)
• Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission · 324 U.S. 581 (1945)
• Federal Power Commission v. East Ohio Gas Co. · 338 U.S. 464 (1950)
• Gray v. Powell · 314 U.S. 402 (1941)
• Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Co. v. Calvert · 347 U.S. 157 (1954)
• Illinois Natural Gas Co. v. Central Illinois Public Service Co. · 314 U.S. 498 (1942)
• Cities Service Gas Co. v. Peerless Oil & Gas Co. · 340 U.S. 179 (1950)
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Oklahoma · 340 U.S. 190 (1950)
• United States v. American Trucking Associations · 310 U.S. 534 (1940)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Hearst Publications, Inc. · 322 U.S. 111 (1944)
• Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. v. Adkins · 310 U.S. 381 (1940)
• Dahnke-Walker Milling Co. v. Bondurant · 257 U.S. 282 (1921)
• United States v. Public Utilities Commission · 345 U.S. 295 (1953)
• Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Public Service Commission · 332 U.S. 507 (1947)
• Shields v. Utah Idaho Central Railroad · 305 U.S. 177 (1938)
• Lemke v. Farmers Grain Co. of Embden · 258 U.S. 50 (1922)
• Shafer v. Farmers Grain Co. of Embden · 268 U.S. 189 (1925)
• Pennsylvania Gas Co. v. Public Service Commission · 252 U.S. 23 (1920)

Cited by

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• Northern Natural Gas Co. v. State Corp. Commission · 372 U.S. 84 (1963)
• Oneok, Inc. v. Learjet, Inc. · 575 U.S. 373 (2015)
• Permian Basin Area Rate Cases · 390 U.S. 747 (1968)
• Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission · 364 U.S. 137 (1960)
• Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc. v. United Distribution Cos. · 498 U.S. 211 (1991)
• Wisconsin v. Federal Power Commission · 373 U.S. 294 (1963)
• Federal Power Commission v. Texaco Inc. · 417 U.S. 380 (1974)
• Exxon Corp. v. Eagerton · 462 U.S. 176 (1983)
• Pan American Petroleum Corp. v. Superior Court of Del. for New Castle Cty. · 366 U.S. 656 (1961)
• Federal Power Commission v. Texaco Inc. · 377 U.S. 33 (1964)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. · 529 U.S. 120 (2000)
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts · 472 U.S. 797 (1985)
• Maryland v. Louisiana · 451 U.S. 725 (1981)
• Energy Reserves Group, Inc. v. Kansas Power & Light Co. · 459 U.S. 400 (1983)
• Schneidewind v. ANR Pipeline Co. · 485 U.S. 293 (1988)
• Swift & Co. v. Wickham · 382 U.S. 111 (1965)
• Atlantic Refining Co. v. Public Service Commission · 360 U.S. 378 (1959)
• Mobil Oil Corp. v. Federal Power Commission · 417 U.S. 283 (1974)
• Federal Power Commission v. Sunray DX Oil Co. · 391 U.S. 9 (1968)
• Texas Gas Transmission Corp. v. Shell Oil Co. · 363 U.S. 263 (1960)

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