When did the case Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development Commission go to the Supreme Court?
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development Commission
1983
In Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development Commission, 461 U.S. 190 (1983),[1] the United States Supreme Court held that a state statute regulating economic aspects of nuclear generating plants was not preempted by the federal Atomic Energy Act of 1954.  The case provides a framework that has guided other cases involving preemption of federal authority.