| Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Serv. Comm'n
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Supreme Court of the United States
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Argued March 17, 1980
Decided June 20, 1980
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| Full case name:
| Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. v. Public Servic Commission of New York
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| Citations:
| 447 U.S. 530; 100 S. Ct. 2326; 65 L. Ed. 2d 319; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 6; 6 Media L. Rep. 1518; 34 P.U.R.4th 208
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| Prior 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)
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| Subsequent history:
| On remand, reversed and remanded, 413 N.E.2d 365 (N.Y. 1980)
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| Holding
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| 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.
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| Court membership
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| Chief Justice: Warren Burger
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| Associate Justices: William Brennan, Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Lewis Powell, William Rehnquist, Harry Blackmun, John Paul Stevens
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| Case opinions
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| Majority by: Powell
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| Joined by: Burger, Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall
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| Concurrence by: Marshall
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| Concurrence by: Stevens
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| Dissent by: Blackmun
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| Joined by: Rehnquist (Parts I and II)
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| Laws applied
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| U.S. Const. amend. I; N.Y. Pub. Serv. Law §§ 4, 5, 65, 66
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Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Serv. Comm'n, 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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