SOUTHERN UTILITIES COMPANY v. CITY OF PALATKA (1925)

SOUTHERN UTILITIES COMPANY v. CITY OF PALATKA
	Term: 1924
Important Dates
	Argued: April 27, 1925
	Decided: May 11, 1925
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

SOUTHERN UTILITIES COMPANY v. CITY OF PALATKA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 11, 1925. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 1925.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida 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: Public utility
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Florida
Citation: 268 U.S. 232
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.