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1948 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Federal Power Commission et al. v. Interstate Natural Gas Co. et al.

336 U.S. 577 · 69 S. Ct. 775 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2955

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
109
U.S. Reports
336 U.S. 577
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 775
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 2955

How the bench divided

M 3 majorityC 6 concurring

How each justice voted in Federal Power Commission et al. v. Interstate Natural Gas Co. et al.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Harold BurtonRegular concurrence
Robert H. JacksonRegular concurrence
Felix FrankfurterRegular concurrence
Hugo BlackSpecial concurrence
Wiley RutledgeSpecial concurrence
Frank MurphySpecial concurrence

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