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1980 United States Supreme Court case
Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Service Commission Full case name Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Incorporated v. Public Service Commission of New York Citations 447 U.S. 530 (more Prior 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 On remand, reversed and remanded, 413 N.E.2d 365 (N.Y. 1980) 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.
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr. William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Majority Powell, joined by Burger, Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall Concurrence Marshall Concurrence Stevens Dissent Blackmun, joined by Rehnquist (parts I, II) U.S. Const. amend. I ; N.Y. Pub. Serv. Law §§ 4, 5, 65, 66
Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Service Commission United States Supreme Court decision addressing the free speech rights of public utility corporations under the First Amendment .[ 1] Justice Lewis Powell , the Court 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.[ 2]
^ Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Service Commission , 447 U.S. 530, 532 (1980).^ Consolidated Edison Co. , 447 U.S. at 544.
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