ST. CLOUD PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY v. CITY OF ST. CLOUD (1924)

ST. CLOUD PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY v. CITY OF ST. CLOUD
	Term: 1923
Important Dates
	Argued: October 2, 1923
	Decided: May 26, 1924
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

ST. CLOUD PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY v. CITY OF ST. CLOUD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 1924. The case was argued before the court on October 2, 1923.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. District 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: Minnesota
Citation: 265 U.S. 352
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Edward Terry Sanford

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.