ELR Citation: ELR 20050
No(s). 87-1146 (D.C. Cir. Jul 5, 1988)

The court holds that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC's) licensing authority under the Federal Power Act does not include the power to displace existing state tort law regarding liability for damages caused by FERC licensees. FERC had imposed certain conditions on the continued opera...