CAROLINA GLASS COMPANY v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA (1916)

CAROLINA GLASS COMPANY v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
	Term: 1915
Important Dates
	Argued: January 20, 1916
	Decided: February 21, 1916
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

CAROLINA GLASS COMPANY v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1916. The case was argued before the court on January 20, 1916.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the South Carolina State Supreme Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: South Carolina
Citation: 240 U.S. 305
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: James Clark McReynolds

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.