WALLA WALLA CITY v. WALLA WALLA WATER COMPANY (1898)

WALLA WALLA CITY v. WALLA WALLA WATER COMPANY
	Term: 1898
Important Dates
	Argued: October 12, 1898
	Decided: November 14, 1898
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

WALLA WALLA CITY v. WALLA WALLA WATER COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 14, 1898. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1898.

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

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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: Washington
Respondent type: Public utility
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 172 U.S. 1
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: Henry Billings Brown

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.