United States v. Twin City Power Co. et al.
Decided January 23, 1956. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 21 · 350 U.S. 222 (1956) · Cited 153 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- William Orville Douglas · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Earl Warren
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Stanley Forman Reed
- Tom C. Clark
Dissenting · 4
- Felix Frankfurter
- Harold Hitz Burton · filed a dissenting opinion
- John Marshall Harlan
- Sherman Minton
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
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.
- United States v. Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Co. · 229 U.S. 53 (1913)
- Boom Co. v. Patterson · 98 U.S. 403 (1879)
- United States Ex Rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. Powelson · 319 U.S. 266 (1943)
- Federal Power Commission v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. · 347 U.S. 239 (1954)
- Olson v. United States · 292 U.S. 246 (1934)
- Monongahela Navigation Co. v. United States · 148 U.S. 312 (1893)
- United States v. Miller · 317 U.S. 369 (1943)
- United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Co. · 311 U.S. 377 (1941)
- United States v. Kansas City Life Insurance · 339 U.S. 799 (1950)
- Berman v. Parker · 348 U.S. 26 (1954)
- Reagan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. · 154 U.S. 362 (1894)
- United States v. Cress · 243 U.S. 316 (1917)
- Arizona v. California · 283 U.S. 423 (1931)
- United States v. Gerlach Live Stock Co. · 339 U.S. 725 (1950)
- United States v. Willow River Power Co. · 324 U.S. 499 (1945)
- McCandless v. United States · 298 U.S. 342 (1936)
- United States Ex Rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. Welch · 327 U.S. 546 (1946)
- Oklahoma Ex Rel. Phillips v. Guy F. Atkinson Co. · 313 U.S. 508 (1941)
- United States v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad · 312 U.S. 592 (1941)
- United States Ex Rel. Chapman v. Federal Power Commission · 345 U.S. 153 (1953)
- City of New York v. Sage · 239 U.S. 57 (1915)
- United States v. Commodore Park, Inc. · 324 U.S. 386 (1945)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- United States v. Virginia Electric & Power Co. · 365 U.S. 624 (1961)
- United States v. Rands · 389 U.S. 121 (1967)
- Kaiser Aetna v. United States · 444 U.S. 164 (1979)
- United States v. Fuller · 409 U.S. 488 (1973)
- Andrus v. Allard · 444 U.S. 51 (1979)
- Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation · 524 U.S. 156 (1998)
- City of Tacoma v. Taxpayers of Tacoma · 357 U.S. 320 (1958)
- New England Power Co. v. New Hampshire · 455 U.S. 331 (1982)
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