AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. CENTRAL OFFICE TELEPHONE, INC. (1998)

AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. CENTRAL OFFICE TELEPHONE, INC.
	Term: 1997
Important Dates
	Argued: March 23, 1998
	Decided: June 15, 1998
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
	William Rehnquist
Dissenting
	John Paul Stevens

AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. CENTRAL OFFICE TELEPHONE, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 15, 1998. The case was argued before the court on March 23, 1998.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oregon U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 524 U.S. 214
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.