OHIO VALLEY WATER COMPANY v. BEN AVON BOROUGH et al. (1920)

OHIO VALLEY WATER COMPANY v. BEN AVON BOROUGH et al.
	Term: 1919
Important Dates
	Argued: October 15, 1919
	Decided: June 1, 1920
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • Oliver Wendell Holmes

OHIO VALLEY WATER COMPANY v. BEN AVON BOROUGH et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1920. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1919.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Pennsylvania State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Natural resources - environmental protection (cf. national supremacy: natural resources, national supremacy: pollution)
Petitioner: Public utility
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Pennsylvania
Citation: 253 U.S. 287
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: James Clark McReynolds

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.