WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. ANDREWS (1910)

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. ANDREWS
	Term: 1909
Important Dates
	Argued: April 13, 1909
	Decided: February 21, 1910
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. ANDREWS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1910. The case was argued before the court on April 13, 1909.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Arkansas U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Arkansas.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulations of public utilities regulation: telephone or telegraph company
Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 216 U.S. 165
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.