CEDAR RAPIDS GAS LIGHT COMPANY v. CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS (1912) - Ballotpedia

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CEDAR RAPIDS GAS LIGHT COMPANY v. CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS

Term: 1911
Important Dates
Argued: February 29, 1912
Decided: March 11, 1912
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

CEDAR RAPIDS GAS LIGHT COMPANY v. CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 11, 1912. The case was argued before the court on February 29, 1912.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Iowa State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
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: Iowa
Citation: 223 U.S. 655
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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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