UNITED STATES v. PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY (1911)

UNITED STATES v. PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY
	Term: 1910
Important Dates
	Argued: October 24, 1910
	Decided: January 3, 1911
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White

UNITED STATES v. PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1911. The case was argued before the court on October 24, 1910.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Publisher, publishing company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 219 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: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Douglass White

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.