ARKANSAS v. KANSAS AND TEXAS COAL COMPANY AND SAN FRANCISCO RAILROAD (1901)

ARKANSAS v. KANSAS AND TEXAS COAL COMPANY AND SAN FRANCISCO RAILROAD
	Term: 1901
Important Dates
	Decided: December 2, 1901
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Judgment of the court
	Melville Weston Fuller
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

ARKANSAS v. KANSAS AND TEXAS COAL COMPANY AND SAN FRANCISCO RAILROAD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 2, 1901.

In a 9-0 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 Arkansas U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Arkansas.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Arkansas
Respondent type: Coal company or coal mine operator
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 183 U.S. 185
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller

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.