WESTERN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY COMPANY v. ABBEVILLE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY (1905)

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WESTERN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY COMPANY v. ABBEVILLE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
Term: 1904
Important Dates
Argued: March 14, 1905
Decided: April 3, 1905
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

WESTERN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY COMPANY v. ABBEVILLE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 3, 1905. The case was argued before the court on March 14, 1905.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the South Carolina State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Seller or vendor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Buyer, purchaser
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 197 U.S. 299
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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