WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. CHILES (1909)

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WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. CHILES
Term: 1908
Important Dates
Argued: April 20, 1909
Decided: May 24, 1909
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. CHILES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 1909. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1909.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: state tax (cf. state tax)
  • Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 214 U.S. 274
  • 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: William Henry Moody

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.

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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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