MCCARDLE et al. v. INDIANAPOLIS WATER COMPANY (1926)

MCCARDLE et al. v. INDIANAPOLIS WATER COMPANY
	Term: 1926
Important Dates
	Argued: April 16, 1926
	Decided: November 22, 1926
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Concurring
	Oliver Wendell Holmes
Dissenting
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Harlan Fiske Stone

MCCARDLE et al. v. INDIANAPOLIS WATER COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 22, 1926. The case was argued before the court on April 16, 1926.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana 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: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Indiana
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 272 U.S. 400
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: Pierce Butler

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.