CITY OF SAN ANTONIO et al. v. SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY (1921)

CITY OF SAN ANTONIO et al. v. SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
	Term: 1920
Important Dates
	Argued: March 23, 1921
	Decided: April 11, 1921
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
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 SAN ANTONIO et al. v. SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 11, 1921. The case was argued before the court on March 23, 1921.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Western 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: Texas
Respondent type: Public utility
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 255 U.S. 547
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: Edward Douglass White

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.