Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Miss. Power & Light Co. v. United States Nuclear Regul. Comm’n, 444 U.S. 1102 (1980)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1980-02-19
Topic
finance

How later courts describe this case

  • charge was a “fee,” not a “tax,” because it helped pay for costs of administrative agency’s regulatory activities
  • NRC empowered under IOAA to charge for EIS because EIS is prerequisite for license and part of cost of providing special benefit to licensee
  • “So long as the service provides a special benefit, above and beyond that which accrues to the public at large, to a readily-identifiable [ ] individual, the fee is permissible.”

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Mr. Justice Stewart took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.