BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS v. MANILA ELECTRIC RAILROAD & LIGHT COMPANY (1919)

BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS v. MANILA ELECTRIC RAILROAD & LIGHT COMPANY
	Term: 1918
Important Dates
	Argued: March 14, 1919
	Decided: March 24, 1919
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS v. MANILA ELECTRIC RAILROAD & LIGHT COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 24, 1919. The case was argued before the court on March 14, 1919.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Philippines Territorial Supreme Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Philippines
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 249 U.S. 262
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Douglass White

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 conservative.