HOME TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES (1908)

HOME TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES
	Term: 1908
Important Dates
	Argued: October 21, 1908
	Decided: November 30, 1908
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

HOME TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 30, 1908. The case was argued before the court on October 21, 1908.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: radio and television (cf. cable television)
Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: California
Citation: 211 U.S. 265
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: William Henry Moody

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.