CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY v. MANNING (1902)

CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY v. MANNING
	Term: 1901
Important Dates
	Argued: March 10, 1902
	Decided: June 2, 1902
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	4-3
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Melville Weston Fuller • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras
Dissenting
	John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White

CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY v. MANNING is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 2, 1902. The case was argued before the court on March 10, 1902.

In a 4-3 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 Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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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: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 186 U.S. 238
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: David Josiah Brewer

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.