Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group
| Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group | |
|---|---|
| Argued March 20, 1978 Decided June 26, 1978 | |
| Full case name | Duke Power Company v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc., et al. |
| Citations | 438 U.S. 59 (more) |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Carolina Envtl. Study Grp., Inc. v. U.S. Atomic Energy Comm'n, 431 F. Supp. 203 (W.D.N.C. 1977); probable jurisdiction noted, 434 U.S. 937 (1977). |
| Holding | |
| The Price Anderson Act does not violate equal protection by treating victims of nuclear accidents differently from the victims of other industrial accidents. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Burger, joined by Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell |
| Concurrence | Stewart |
| Concurrence | Rehnquist, joined by Stevens |
| Concurrence | Stevens |
| Laws applied | |
| Price Anderson Act; Fourteenth Amendment | |
Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, 438 U.S. 59 (1978), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court overturned the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina's decision that the Price Anderson Act violated equal protection by treating victims of nuclear accidents differently from the victims of other industrial accidents.