CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER et al. v. DENVER UNION WATER COMPANY (1918)

CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER et al. v. DENVER UNION WATER COMPANY
	Term: 1917
Important Dates
	Argued: October 3, 1917
	Decided: March 4, 1918
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • Oliver Wendell Holmes

CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER et al. v. DENVER UNION WATER COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 1918. The case was argued before the court on October 3, 1917.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Colorado U.S. District 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.

^[1]

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: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: Colorado
Respondent type: Public utility
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 246 U.S. 178
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Mahlon Pitney

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.