BRUSH ELECTRIC COMPANY v. CITY OF GALVESTON et al. (1923)

BRUSH ELECTRIC COMPANY v. CITY OF GALVESTON et al.
	Term: 1922
Important Dates
	Argued: April 18, 1923
	Decided: June 4, 1923
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

BRUSH ELECTRIC COMPANY v. CITY OF GALVESTON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 4, 1923. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 1923.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
Petitioner: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Texas
Citation: 262 U.S. 443
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: George Sutherland

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.