MISSOURI, EX REL. LACLEDE GAS LIGHT COMPANY v. MURPHY (1898)

MISSOURI, EX REL. LACLEDE GAS LIGHT COMPANY v. MURPHY
	Term: 1897
Important Dates
	Argued: March 1, 1898
	Decided: April 11, 1898
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

MISSOURI, EX REL. LACLEDE GAS LIGHT COMPANY v. MURPHY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 11, 1898. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1898.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri State Supreme 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
Petitioner state: Missouri
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Missouri
Citation: 170 U.S. 78
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: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller

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.