VICKSBURG v. VICKSBURG WATERWORKS COMPANY (1907)

VICKSBURG v. VICKSBURG WATERWORKS COMPANY
	Term: 1906
Important Dates
	Argued: April 24, 1907
	Decided: May 27, 1907
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

VICKSBURG v. VICKSBURG WATERWORKS COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1907. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1907.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Mississippi U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Mississippi.

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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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Mississippi
Respondent type: Public utility
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 206 U.S. 496
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rufus Day

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.