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1955 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Federal Power Commission v. Sierra Pacific Power Co.

350 U.S. 348 · 76 S. Ct. 368 · 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1651

The record

Term
1955
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
51
U.S. Reports
350 U.S. 348
S. Ct. citation
76 S. Ct. 368
LEXIS citation
1956 U.S. LEXIS 1651

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Federal Power Commission v. Sierra Pacific Power Co.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Sherman MintonMajority

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