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Abstract

Argument: Tuesday, December 5, 1972
Decision: Monday, May 14, 1973
Issues: Economic Activity, Electric Power Regulation

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 6 votes for FPC, 3 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Federal Power
Voted with the majority
Douglas
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Voted with the minority, joined Powell's dissent
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Wrote a dissent
Powell
Wrote the majority opinion
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the minority, joined Powell's dissent
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice Harry A. Blackmun

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The Oyez Project, Gulf States Utilities Co. v. FPC, 411 U.S. 747 (1973),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1972/1972_71_1178/>
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