ROCHESTER TELEPHONE CORP. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1939)

ROCHESTER TELEPHONE CORP. v. UNITED STATES et al.
	Term: 1938
Important Dates
	Argued: March 7, 1939
	Decided: April 17, 1939
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Concurring
	Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds

ROCHESTER TELEPHONE CORP. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 1939. The case was argued before the court on March 7, 1939.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulations of public utilities regulation: telephone or telegraph company
Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Federal Communications Commission (including a predecessor, Federal Radio Commission)
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 307 U.S. 125
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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.