PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. LOS ANGELES (1904)

PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. LOS ANGELES
	Term: 1903
Important Dates
	Argued: July 4, 1903
	Decided: April 11, 1904
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

PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. LOS ANGELES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 11, 1904. The case was argued before the court on July 4, 1903.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of California.

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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: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: California
Citation: 194 U.S. 112
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Joseph McKenna

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.