ALTON RAILROAD CO. v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION et al. (1939) - Ballotpedia

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ALTON RAILROAD CO. v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION et al.

Term: 1938
Important Dates
Argued: December 15, 1938
Decided: January 16, 1939
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-1
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Stanley Reed • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Hugo Black

ALTON RAILROAD CO. v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 16, 1939. The case was argued before the court on December 15, 1938.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois State Trial Court.

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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: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Illinois
Citation: 305 U.S. 548
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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