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GLENWOOD LIGHT AND WATER COMPANY v. MUTUAL LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER COMPANY (1915)

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GLENWOOD LIGHT AND WATER COMPANY v. MUTUAL LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER COMPANY
Term: 1915
Important Dates
Decided: November 15, 1915
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

GLENWOOD LIGHT AND WATER COMPANY v. MUTUAL LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 15, 1915.

In an 8-0 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 Colorado U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
  • Petitioner: Public utility
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Public utility
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 239 U.S. 121
  • 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: 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 liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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