Ex parte IN THE MATTER OF LINCOLN GAS & ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, Petitioner (1921) - Ballotpedia

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Ex parte IN THE MATTER OF LINCOLN GAS & ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, Petitioner

Term: 1921
Important Dates
Decided: October 24, 1921
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 • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

Ex parte IN THE MATTER OF LINCOLN GAS & ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, Petitioner is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 24, 1921.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
Petitioner: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Judge
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 257 U.S. 6
How the court took jurisdiction: Rehearing or restored to calendar for reargument
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: Mahlon Pitney

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.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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