HAMILTON GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY v. HAMILTON CITY (1892)

HAMILTON GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY v. HAMILTON CITY
	Term: 1892
Important Dates
	Argued: November 2, 1892
	Decided: November 21, 1892
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • George Shiras

HAMILTON GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY v. HAMILTON CITY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 21, 1892. The case was argued before the court on November 2, 1892.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.

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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: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Ohio
Citation: 146 U.S. 258
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: John Marshall Harlan

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.