INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE COMPANY v. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (1920)

INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE COMPANY v. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
	Term: 1920
Important Dates
	Argued: December 16, 1919
	Decided: November 22, 1920
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
	Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Douglass White

INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE COMPANY v. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 22, 1920. The case was argued before the court on December 16, 1919.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial 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: Construction industry
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: New York
Citation: 254 U.S. 126
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.