CITY OF MEMPHIS v. CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY (1910)

CITY OF MEMPHIS v. CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
	Term: 1910
Important Dates
	Argued: November 8, 1910
	Decided: December 12, 1910
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	4-3
Majority
	William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Horace Harmon Lurton
Dissenting
	Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White

CITY OF MEMPHIS v. CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 12, 1910. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1910.

In a 4-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Tennessee
Respondent type: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 218 U.S. 624
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: William Rufus Day

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.