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SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. OKLAHOMA et al. (1938)

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SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. OKLAHOMA et al.
Term: 1937
Important Dates
Argued: February 7, 1938
Decided: February 28, 1938
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. OKLAHOMA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 28, 1938. The case was argued before the court on February 7, 1938.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Oklahoma State Supreme Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
  • Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Oklahoma
  • Citation: 303 U.S. 206
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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