WHEELER v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER (1913)

WHEELER v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER
	Term: 1912
Important Dates
	Argued: January 7, 1913
	Decided: June 10, 1913
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	William Rufus Day

WHEELER v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 10, 1913. The case was argued before the court on January 7, 1913.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Colorado U.S. Circuit for the District of Colorado.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: Colorado
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Colorado
Citation: 229 U.S. 342
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Joseph McKenna

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.