UTAH POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES (1917)

UTAH POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1916
Important Dates
	Argued: October 11, 1916
	Decided: March 19, 1917
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
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

UTAH POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 19, 1917. The case was argued before the court on October 11, 1916.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Utah U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: natural resources (cf. natural resources - environmental protection)
Petitioner: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 243 U.S. 389
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: Willis Van Devanter

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.