American Power & Light Co. v. SEC

American Power & Light Co. v. SEC
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 25, 1946
Full case nameAmerican Power and Light Company v. Securities and Exchange Commission
Citations329 U.S. 90 (more)
Holding
The Commerce Clause allows the federal government to dissolve a public utility company that is not serving the local community properly.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Fred M. Vinson
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Frank Murphy · Robert H. Jackson
Wiley B. Rutledge · Harold H. Burton
Case opinions
MajorityMurphy
Concur/dissentFrankfurter
Concur/dissentRutledge
Reed, Douglas, Jackson took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
Commerce Clause

American Power & Light Co. v. SEC, 329 U.S. 90 (1946), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Commerce Clause allows the federal government to dissolve a public utility company that is not serving the local community properly.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ American Power & Light Co. v. SEC, 329 U.S. 90 (1946).
  2. ^ Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Public Utility Regulation". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 400.
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