Legal Opinion

Securities & Exchange Commission v. New England Electric System

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 5, 1968No. 305PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan

Respondent New England Electric System (NEES), a holding company registered under § 5 of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935,1 controls both an integrated electric utility system and an integrated gas utility system.2 Section 11 (b) of the Act requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to limit the operations of a holding company system to a single integrated public utility system, except the Commission may permit the holding company to continue control of any additional integrated utility system that the Commission determines, among other things, “cannot be operated as an…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  2. National Labor Relations Board v. Hearst Publications, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. National Labor Relations Board v. Erie Resistor Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Gray v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  5. United States v. First City National Bank of HoustonSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. National Ass'n of Regulatory Utility Commissioners v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
  2. The John S. Boyd Company, Inc. v. Boston Gas Company, New England Electric SystemCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
  3. Brown v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
  4. Francis G. Brown v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
  5. City of Lafayette v. Securities & Exchange CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971

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