American Power and Light Company v. Securities and Exchange Commission

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|Litigants=American Power and Light Company v. Securities and Exchange Commission

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|DecideDate=November 25

|DecideYear=1946

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|USVol=329

|USPage=90

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|Holding=The Commerce Clause allows the federal government to dissolve a public utility company that is not serving the local community properly.

|Majority=Murphy

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|Concurrence/Dissent=Frankfurter

|Concurrence/Dissent2=Rutledge

|NotParticipating=Reed, Douglas, Jackson

|LawsApplied=Commerce Clause

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American Power and Light Company v. Securities and Exchange Commission, 329 U.S. 90 (1946), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Commerce Clause allows the federal government to dissolve a public utility company that is not serving the local community properly.{{ussc|name=American Power and Light Company v. Securities and Exchange Commission|volume=329|page=90|year=1946}}.{{Cite book |last=Lieberman |first=Jethro K. |title=A Practical Companion to the Constitution |year=1999 |pages=400|chapter=Public Utility Regulation}}