ANN ARBOR RAILROAD COMPANY et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1930) - Ballotpedia

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ANN ARBOR RAILROAD COMPANY et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

Term: 1929
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 1929
Decided: June 2, 1930
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

ANN ARBOR RAILROAD COMPANY et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 2, 1930. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1929.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 281 U.S. 658
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: Willis Van Devanter

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

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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