CITY OF MITCHELL v. DAKOTA CENTRAL TELEPHONE COMPANY (1918)

CITY OF MITCHELL v. DAKOTA CENTRAL TELEPHONE COMPANY
	Term: 1917
Important Dates
	Argued: March 15, 1918
	Decided: April 15, 1918
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

CITY OF MITCHELL v. DAKOTA CENTRAL TELEPHONE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 15, 1918. The case was argued before the court on March 15, 1918.

In a 9-0 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 South Dakota U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulations of public utilities regulation: telephone or telegraph company
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: South Dakota
Respondent type: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 246 U.S. 396
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 McKenna

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.