PIEDMONT POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. TOWN OF GRAHAM et al. (1920) - Ballotpedia

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PIEDMONT POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. TOWN OF GRAHAM et al.

Term: 1919
Important Dates
Decided: May 17, 1920
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

PIEDMONT POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. TOWN OF GRAHAM et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 17, 1920.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the North Carolina Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: Public utility
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: North Carolina
Citation: 253 U.S. 193
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Hessin Clarke

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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