WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. BROWN, EXECUTOR OF LANGE, et al. (1920)

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. BROWN, EXECUTOR OF LANGE, et al.
	Term: 1919
Important Dates
	Argued: January 20, 1920
	Decided: May 17, 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. BROWN, EXECUTOR OF LANGE, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 17, 1920. The case was argued before the court on January 20, 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 California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Buyer, purchaser
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 253 U.S. 101
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: 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.