HOME TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES (1913)

HOME TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES
	Term: 1912
Important Dates
	Decided: February 24, 1913
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • 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 February 24, 1913.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Southern U.S. District Court.

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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: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: California
Citation: 227 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: Edward Douglass White
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.