Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon (1912)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation 223 U.S. 118
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date February 19, 1912
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:hasDoctrine gptkb:political_question_doctrine
gptkbp:heldBy The case presented a political question and was not justiciable.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon (1912)
gptkbp:legalIssue challenge to the initiative and referendum process
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy Chief Justice Edward Douglass White
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:Pacific_States_Telephone_&_Telegraph_Company
gptkbp:relatedTo early application of the political question doctrine
gptkbp:response gptkb:State_of_Oregon
gptkbp:subject Oregon's use of direct democracy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Guarantee_Clause
gptkb:Guarantee_Clause_(Section_4)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6