NEW ORLEANS GAS LIGHT COMPANY v. DRAINAGE COMMISSION OF NEW ORLEANS (1905)

NEW ORLEANS GAS LIGHT COMPANY v. DRAINAGE COMMISSION OF NEW ORLEANS
	Term: 1904
Important Dates
	Argued: March 8, 1905
	Decided: April 3, 1905
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

NEW ORLEANS GAS LIGHT COMPANY v. DRAINAGE COMMISSION OF NEW ORLEANS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 3, 1905. The case was argued before the court on March 8, 1905.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana 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: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Louisiana
Citation: 197 U.S. 453
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: William Rufus Day

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.