- Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Service Commission
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Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Service Commission
Supreme Court of the United StatesArgued March 17, 1980
Decided June 20, 1980Full case name Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Incorporated v. Public Service Commission of New York Citations 447 U.S. 530 (more)
100 S. Ct. 2326; 65 L. Ed. 2d 319; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 6; 6 Media L. Rep. 1518; 34 P.U.R.4th 208Prior history 402 N.Y.S.2d 551 (N.Y. Sup.Ct. 1978); reversed, 407 N.Y.S.2d 735 (N.Y. Sup.Ct.App.Div. 1978); affirmed, 390 N.E.2d 749 (N.Y. 1979) Subsequent history On remand, reversed and remanded, 413 N.E.2d 365 (N.Y. 1980) Holding The First Amendment, as applied through the Fourteenth, protects the right of utility companies to include inserts on matters of controversial public policy with billing statements. Court membership Chief Justice
Warren E. BurgerAssociate Justices
William J. Brennan, Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
William Rehnquist · John P. StevensCase opinions Majority Powell, joined by Burger, Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall Concurrence Marshall Concurrence Stevens Dissent Blackmun, joined by Rehnquist (parts I, II) Laws applied U.S. Const. amend. I; N.Y. Pub. Serv. Law §§ 4, 5, 65, 66 Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Service Commission, 447 U.S. 530 (1980), was a United States Supreme Court decision addressing the free speech rights of public utility corporations under the First Amendment, as applied through the Fourteenth. The Court's ruling invalidated an order by the New York Public Service Commission that prohibited utility companies from including inserts on controversial matters of public policy with billing statements.
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