Writing for the court majority Justice Jackson explained that the court should not step in and supersede the state's power to define something. Public Utilities were protected by the federal statute, and as there was no congressional definition of a 'Public Utility' in the law, the court had no right to create their own definition, or to limit the state's own definition.
Writing for the court majority Justice Jackson explained that the court should not step in and supersede the state's power to define something. Public Utilities were protected by the federal statute, and as there was no congressional definition of a 'Public Utility' in the law, the court had no right to create their own definition, or to limit the state's own definition.