Ex parte METROPOLITAN WATER COMPANY OF WEST VIRGINIA (1911)

ex parte METROPOLITAN WATER COMPANY OF WEST VIRGINIA
	Term: 1910
Important Dates
	Argued: April 24, 1911
	Decided: May 15, 1911
Outcome
	Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

ex parte METROPOLITAN WATER COMPANY OF WEST VIRGINIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1911. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1911.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the Kansas U.S. Circuit for the District of Kansas.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Judge
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 220 U.S. 539
How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
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 liberal.