CITY OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, v. CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY (1912)

CITY OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, v. CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
	Term: 1911
Important Dates
	Argued: March 7, 1912
	Decided: May 13, 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

CITY OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, v. CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 13, 1912. The case was argued before the court on March 7, 1912.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Kentucky.

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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: Kentucky
Respondent type: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 224 U.S. 649
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: Joseph Rucker Lamar

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.