INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. UNITED STATES ex rel. LOS ANGELES (1929)

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. UNITED STATES ex rel. LOS ANGELES
	Term: 1929
Important Dates
	Argued: October 28, 1929
	Decided: November 25, 1929
Outcome
	Reversed
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

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. UNITED STATES ex rel. LOS ANGELES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 25, 1929. The case was argued before the court on October 28, 1929.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
Petitioner: Interstate Commerce Commission
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: California
Citation: 280 U.S. 52
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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.