WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. BOEGLI (1920)

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. BOEGLI
	Term: 1919
Important Dates
	Decided: January 12, 1920
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. BOEGLI is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 12, 1920.

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 Indiana State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Consumer, consumer organization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 251 U.S. 315
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: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Douglass White

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 liberal.