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Transcontinental Pipe Line v. State Oil & Gas Bd.

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Transcontinental Pipe Line v. State Oil & Gas Bd. - Oral Argument
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Advocates
Ed Davis Noble, Jr. (on behalf of the Appellee State Oil & Gas Board)
Glenn Gates Taylor (on behalf of the Appellee Coastal Exploration)
Jerome M. Feit (as amicus curiae in support of Appellant)
John Marshall Grower (on behalf of the Appellant)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
84-1076
Appellee: 
State Oil & Gas Bd.
Appellant: 
Transcontinental Pipe Line
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
474 U.S. 409 (1986)
Argued: 
Tuesday, October 8, 1985
Decided: 
Wednesday, January 22, 1986
Issues: 
Federalism, Federal Preemption of State Regulation

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The Oyez Project, Transcontinental Pipe Line v. State Oil & Gas Bd. , 474 U.S. 409 (1986)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1985/1985_84_1076)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Transcontinental Pipe Line, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Natural Gas, or Natural Gas Policy Acts

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Wrote the majority opinion
Blackmun
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent
Powell
Wrote a dissent
Rehnquist
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent
Stevens
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent
O'Connor

Full Opinion by Justice Harry A. Blackmun