CITY OF CINCINNATI v. CINCINNATI & HAMILTON TRACTION COMPANY et al. (1918)

CITY OF CINCINNATI v. CINCINNATI & HAMILTON TRACTION COMPANY et al.
	Term: 1917
Important Dates
	Argued: January 24, 1916
	Decided: January 7, 1918
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke

CITY OF CINCINNATI v. CINCINNATI & HAMILTON TRACTION COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 7, 1918. The case was argued before the court on January 24, 1916.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Southern U.S. District 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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Ohio
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 245 U.S. 446
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: 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 conservative.