HENDERSON WATER COMPANY v. CORPORATION COMMISSION OF NORTH CAROLINA et al. (1925)

HENDERSON WATER COMPANY v. CORPORATION COMMISSION OF NORTH CAROLINA et al.
	Term: 1925
Important Dates
	Argued: November 18, 1925
	Decided: December 14, 1925
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

HENDERSON WATER COMPANY v. CORPORATION COMMISSION OF NORTH CAROLINA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 14, 1925. The case was argued before the court on November 18, 1925.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
Petitioner: Public utility
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: North Carolina
Citation: 269 U.S. 278
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: William Howard Taft

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.