ENTERPRISE IRRIGATION DISTRICT et al. v. FARMERS MUTUAL CANAL COMPANY et al. (1917)

ENTERPRISE IRRIGATION DISTRICT et al. v. FARMERS MUTUAL CANAL COMPANY et al.
	Term: 1916
Important Dates
	Argued: January 22, 1917
	Decided: March 6, 1917
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
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

ENTERPRISE IRRIGATION DISTRICT et al. v. FARMERS MUTUAL CANAL COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 6, 1917. The case was argued before the court on January 22, 1917.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Nebraska State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 243 U.S. 157
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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: Willis Van Devanter

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.