Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon

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United States Supreme Court case constitutional law case legal case political question doctrine case

Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon is a 1912 U.S. Supreme Court case that held challenges to state initiatives under the Constitution’s Guarantee Clause present nonjusticiable political questions beyond the Court’s authority to decide.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon canonical	3
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company v. Oregon	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ constitutional law case ⓘ legal case ⓘ political question doctrine case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	United States constitutional law ⓘ federal courts law ⓘ state constitutional law ⓘ
branchOfGovernmentInvolved	judicial branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
citation	223 U.S. 118 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Article IV, Section 4 of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article IV Section 4 of the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1912-02-19 ⓘ
decisionType	majority opinion ⓘ
doctrineApplied	political question doctrine ⓘ
fullCaseName	Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company v. Oregon
holding	Challenges to state initiatives under the Guarantee Clause present nonjusticiable political questions ⓘ Federal courts lack authority to decide Guarantee Clause challenges to a state’s use of the initiative process ⓘ
impact	Limited the use of the Guarantee Clause as a basis for federal judicial review of state governmental structures ⓘ
issueCharacterization	challenge to the validity of Oregon’s initiative system under the Guarantee Clause ⓘ
jurisdiction	appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalIssue	Guarantee Clause ⓘ surface form: Guarantee Clause of the United States Constitution justiciability ⓘ political question doctrine ⓘ
pageInUnitedStatesReports	118 ⓘ
petitioner	Pacific Bell ⓘ surface form: Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company
principle	Guarantee Clause enforcement is committed to the political branches rather than the judiciary ⓘ
proceduralPosture	appeal from a state court decision upholding an initiative-enacted tax ⓘ
publication	United States Reports ⓘ
relatedCase	Baker v. Carr ⓘ Luther v. Borden ⓘ
relatedDoctrine	separation of powers ⓘ
respondent	Oregon ⓘ surface form: State of Oregon
result	Guarantee Clause claim dismissed as nonjusticiable ⓘ
stateInvolved	Oregon ⓘ
subjectMatter	republican form of government requirement ⓘ state initiative process ⓘ
volumeInUnitedStatesReports	223 ⓘ
yearDecided	1912 ⓘ

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Subject: Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon
Description of subject: Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon is a 1912 U.S. Supreme Court case that held challenges to state initiatives under the Constitution’s Guarantee Clause present nonjusticiable political questions beyond the Court’s authority to decide.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guarantee of Republican Government → interpretedIn → Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon ⓘ

Guarantee Clause → notableCase → Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon ⓘ

Luther v. Borden → relatedCase → Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon ⓘ

Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon → fullCaseName → Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company v. Oregon