BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES (March 19, 1923)

BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1922
Important Dates
	Argued: March 7, 1923
	Decided: March 19, 1923
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 19, 1923. The case was argued before the court on March 7, 1923.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: Government contractor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 261 U.S. 385
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Terry Sanford

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.