TOWN OF ESSEX v. NEW ENGLAND TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF MASSACHUSETTS (1916)

TOWN OF ESSEX v. NEW ENGLAND TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF MASSACHUSETTS
	Term: 1916
Important Dates
	Argued: November 5, 1915
	Decided: December 6, 1916
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

TOWN OF ESSEX v. NEW ENGLAND TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF MASSACHUSETTS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 6, 1916. The case was argued before the court on November 5, 1915.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: public utilities (cf. federal public utilities regulation)
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Massachusetts
Respondent type: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 239 U.S. 313
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds

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.