Commonwealth v. Carter, M., Pet

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a state utility commission may be required to use standards promulgated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• observing that electric energy is consumed \in virtually every home\ and that \[n]o State relies solely on its own resources\ to meet its inhabitants' demand for the product
• noting that \the commerce power permits Congress to pre-empt the States entirely in the regulation of private utilities\
• noting that \valid federal enactments may . . . be designed to induce state action in areas that otherwise would be beyond Congress' regulatory authority\
• noting that there is no Tenth Amendment problem if Congress “allow[s] the States to enter the field if they promulgate[] regulations consistent with federal standards”
• explaining that “the commerce power permits Congress to preempt the States entirely in the regulation of private utilities”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).