American Power and Light Company v. Securities and Exchange Commission

American Power and Light Company v. Securities and Exchange Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 25, 1946
Full case name	American Power and Light Company v. Securities and Exchange Commission
Citations	329 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
Majority	Murphy
Concur/dissent	Frankfurter
Concur/dissent	Rutledge
Reed, Douglas, Jackson took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
Commerce Clause

American Power and Light Company v. Securities and Exchange Commission, 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

• North American Co. v. SEC

References

1. American Power and Light Company v. Securities and Exchange Commission, 329 U.S. 90 (1946).
2. Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Public Utility Regulation". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 400.

External links

• Text of American Power and Light Company v. Securities and Exchange Commission, 329 U.S. 90 (1946) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia