PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO (1924)

PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
	Term: 1923
Important Dates
	Argued: April 17, 1923
	Decided: June 2, 1924
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Pierce Butler • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes

PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 2, 1924. The case was argued before the court on April 17, 1923.

In a 7-2 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 California Northern 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: 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: California
Citation: 265 U.S. 403
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: 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.