RUSSELL v. SEBASTIAN (1914)
RUSSELL v. SEBASTIAN |
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Term: 1913 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 6, 1914 |
Decided: April 6, 1914 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
RUSSELL v. SEBASTIAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 6, 1914. The case was argued before the court on January 6, 1914.
In an 8-0 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 State Supreme Court.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: gas producer
- Petitioner: Arrested person, or pretrial detainee
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
- Respondent state: California
- Citation: 233 U.S. 195
- 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: Edward Douglass White
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Evans Hughes
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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