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PACIFIC STATES TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. OREGON

Term: 1911
Important Dates
Argued: November 3, 1911
Decided: February 19, 1912
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

PACIFIC STATES TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. OREGON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 1912. The case was argued before the court on November 3, 1911.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Oregon State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: justiciable question
Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: Oregon
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Oregon
Citation: 223 U.S. 118
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: Edward Douglass White

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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