SCHOLLENBERGER v. PENNSYLVANIA (1898)

SCHOLLENBERGER v. PENNSYLVANIA
	Term: 1897
Important Dates
	Argued: March 23, 1898
	Decided: May 23, 1898
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan

SCHOLLENBERGER v. PENNSYLVANIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 23, 1898. The case was argued before the court on March 23, 1898.

In a 7-2 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 Pennsylvania State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Defendant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Pennsylvania
Citation: 171 U.S. 1
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: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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.