POSTAL TELEGRAPH CABLE COMPANY v. CITY OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY (1918)

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POSTAL TELEGRAPH CABLE COMPANY v. CITY OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY |
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Term: 1917 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 18, 1918 |
Decided: June 10, 1918 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
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 |
POSTAL TELEGRAPH CABLE COMPANY v. CITY OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 10, 1918. The case was argued before the court on January 18, 1918.
In a 9-0 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 Kentucky State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
- Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 247 U.S. 464
- 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: Mahlon Pitney
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.
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