Home > Great American Court Cases > Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Energy Resources Commission

Legal Citation: 461 U.S. 190 (1983)

Petitioner
Pacific Gas & Electric Company

Respondent
State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Committee of California

Petitioner's Claim
That two California statutes governing development of nuclear power plants were preempted by the federal Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and were thus invalid under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
John R. McDonough

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Laurence H. Tribe

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger, Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, Sandra Day O'Connor, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White (writing for the Court)

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
20 April...