CITY OF NEW YORK v. NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY (1923)

CITY OF NEW YORK v. NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY
	Term: 1922
Important Dates
	Argued: February 21, 1923
	Decided: March 12, 1923
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

CITY OF NEW YORK v. NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 12, 1923. The case was argued before the court on February 21, 1923.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: New York
Respondent type: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 261 U.S. 312
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Howard Taft

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.