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Ferc Vs. Mississippi

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 01, 1982

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  1. Hodel Vs. Indiana US Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1981
  2. Kentucky Vs. Dennison US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1860
  3. Lane County Vs. Oregon US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1868
  4. National League of Cities Vs. Usery US Supreme Court · Jun 24, 1976
  5. U.S. 742 (1982) U.S. Supreme Court FERC v. Mississippi
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  6. U.S. 742 (1982) FERC v. Mississippi
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  7. the very type of adjudicatory activity customarily engaged in by the Mississippi Public Service Commission. Testa v. Katt
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  8. but simply establish requirements for continued state activity in an otherwise preemptible field. Cf. Hodel v. Virginia
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  9. Id. at 2a. Relying on Carter v. Carter
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  10. Id. at 7a. Relying on National League of Cities v. Usery
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  11. Hodel v. Virginia
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  12. promulgated under one of Congress' plenary powers. The applicable standard was reiterated just last Term in Hodel v. Indiana
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  13. the burdens and benefits of economic life come to the Court with a presumption of constitutionality. . . .' Usery v. Turner
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  14. Carter Page 456 U. S. 755 v. Carter
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  15. power transmission may be proper because of the interstate nature of the generation and supply of electric power. FPC v. Florida
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  16. Our inquiry, then, is whether the congressional findings Page 456 U. S. 756 have a rational basis. Hodel v. Virginia
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  17. and every commercial or manufacturing facility. No State relies solely on its own resources in this respect. See FPC v. Florida
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  18. Public Service Commission, bring them within the reach of Congress' power over interstate commerce. See FPC v. Florida
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  19. New England Power Co. v. New
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  20. Hodel v. Virginia
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  21. Surface Mining & Recl. Assn., Inc., 452 U.S. at 452 U. S. 276 , quoting Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United
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  22. as state commissions, the statute necessarily is valid at least insofar as it regulates private parties. See Hodel v. Virginia
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  23. Tenth Amendment issue presented here is somewhat novel. This case obviously is related to National League of Cities v. Usery
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  24. of state sovereignty. But there is a significant difference as well. National League of Cities, like Fry v. United
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  25. gas utilities and in the regulation of transactions between such utilities and cogenerators. Cf. Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona
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  26. valid exercise of the commerce power -- was made clear in National League of Cities, and was reaffirmed in Hodel v. Virginia
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  27. Id. at 330 U. S. 392 , quoting Mondou v. New
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  28. is perhaps the quintessential attribute of sovereignty. See National League of Cities v. Usery
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  29. Indeed, having the power to make decisions and to set policy is what gives the State its sovereign nature. See Bates v. State
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  30. U. S. 107 (1861). Recent cases, however, demonstrate that this rigid and isolated statement from Kentucky v. Dennison
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  31. has sanctioned explicitly a federal command to the States to promulgate and enforce laws and regulations, cf. EPA v. Brown
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  32. structures that, in effect, directed state decisionmakers to take or to refrain from taking certain actions. in Fry v. United
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  33. state employees, to the wage and salary limitations established by the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970. Washington v. Washington
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  34. And certainly Testa v. Katt
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  35. the States entirely in the regulation of private utilities. In a sense, then, this case is only one step beyond Hodel v. Virginia
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  36. Coyle v. Oklahoma
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  37. Fry v. United
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  38. to induce state action in areas that otherwise would be beyond Congress' regulatory authority. Thus, in Oklahoma v. CSC
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  39. ibid., quoting United States v. Darby
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  40. concerning nongovernmental activity, no matter what the strength of the competing local interests. See Martin v. Hunter's
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  41. as in Hodel v. Virginia
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  42. In this light, we again find the principle of Testa v. Katt
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  43. provisions of Titles I ad III must be validated under the principle of Hodel v. Virginia
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  44. to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations, other than are prescribed in the constitution.' Gibbons v. Ogden
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  45. of interstate commerce . . . or persons or things in commerce,' but also to 'activities affecting commerce.' Perez v. United
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  46. U.S. Supreme Court FERC v. Mississippi
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  47. the Mississippi Public Service Commission. Testa v. Katt
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  48. Cf. Hodel v. Virginia
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  49. Carter v. Carter
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  50. Usery v. Turner
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