WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. ANN ARBOR RAILROAD COMPANY (1900)

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. ANN ARBOR RAILROAD COMPANY
	Term: 1899
Important Dates
	Argued: March 19, 1900
	Decided: May 21, 1900
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
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

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. ANN ARBOR RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 1900. The case was argued before the court on March 19, 1900.

In a 9-0 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 Michigan U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Michigan.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 178 U.S. 239
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: 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.