ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. NORTH CAROLINA CORPORATION COMMISSION (1907)

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. NORTH CAROLINA CORPORATION COMMISSION
	Term: 1906
Important Dates
	Argued: February 28, 1907
	Decided: April 29, 1907
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. NORTH CAROLINA CORPORATION COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 29, 1907. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 1907.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina 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: North Carolina
Citation: 206 U.S. 1
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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: Edward Douglass White

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.