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PENNSYLVANIA COAL COMPANY v. MAHON et al.

Term: 1922
Important Dates
Argued: November 14, 1922
Decided: December 11, 1922
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-1
Majority
Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Louis Dembitz Brandeis

PENNSYLVANIA COAL COMPANY v. MAHON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 11, 1922. The case was argued before the court on November 14, 1922.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Zoning: constitutionality of such ordinances, or restrictions on owners' or lessors' use of real property
Petitioner: Coal company or coal mine operator
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 260 U.S. 393
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: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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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