GEORGIA RAILWAY & POWER COMPANY et al. v. TOWN OF DECATUR (1923)

GEORGIA RAILWAY & POWER COMPANY et al. v. TOWN OF DECATUR
	Term: 1922
Important Dates
	Argued: April 24, 1923
	Decided: June 4, 1923
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
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

GEORGIA RAILWAY & POWER COMPANY et al. v. TOWN OF DECATUR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 4, 1923. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1923.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Georgia State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
Petitioner: Government contractor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Georgia
Citation: 262 U.S. 432
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: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: George Sutherland

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.