GLOUCESTER WATER SUPPLY COMPANY v. CITY OF GLOUCESTET (1904)

GLOUCESTER WATER SUPPLY COMPANY v. CITY OF GLOUCESTET
	Term: 1903
Important Dates
	Argued: March 16, 1904
	Decided: April 4, 1904
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

GLOUCESTER WATER SUPPLY COMPANY v. CITY OF GLOUCESTET is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 4, 1904. The case was argued before the court on March 16, 1904.

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 Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Massachusetts
Citation: 193 U.S. 580
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
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 conservative.