WICK v. CHELAN ELECTRIC COMPANY (1929)

WICK v. CHELAN ELECTRIC COMPANY
	Term: 1929
Important Dates
	Argued: November 1, 1929
	Decided: November 25, 1929
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

WICK v. CHELAN ELECTRIC COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 25, 1929. The case was argued before the court on November 1, 1929.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

^[1]

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 280 U.S. 108
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Pierce Butler

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.