CITY OF OMAHA v. OMAHA WATER COMPANY (1910)

CITY OF OMAHA v. OMAHA WATER COMPANY
	Term: 1909
Important Dates
	Argued: April 19, 1910
	Decided: May 31, 1910
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White

CITY OF OMAHA v. OMAHA WATER COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 31, 1910. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 1910.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Nebraska U.S. Circuit for the District of Nebraska.

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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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Nebraska
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 218 U.S. 180
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: Horace Harmon Lurton

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.