BOISE ARTESIAN HOT AND COLD WATER CO., LIMITED, v. BOISE CITY (1913)

BOISE ARTESIAN HOT AND COLD WATER CO., LIMITED, v. BOISE CITY
	Term: 1912
Important Dates
	Argued: May 7, 1913
	Decided: June 16, 1913
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

BOISE ARTESIAN HOT AND COLD WATER CO., LIMITED, v. BOISE CITY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 16, 1913. The case was argued before the court on May 7, 1913.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Idaho U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Public utility
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Idaho
Citation: 230 U.S. 84
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Horace Harmon Lurton

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.