POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY v. WARREN-GODWIN LUMBER COMPANY (1919)

POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY v. WARREN-GODWIN LUMBER COMPANY
	Term: 1919
Important Dates
	Argued: November 17, 1919
	Decided: December 8, 1919
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Mahlon Pitney

POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY v. WARREN-GODWIN LUMBER COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 8, 1919. The case was argued before the court on November 17, 1919.

In an 8-1 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 Mississippi State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 251 U.S. 27
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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 liberal.