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BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1958)

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BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.
Term: 1958
Important Dates
Decided: November 17, 1958
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker

BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 17, 1958.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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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: 358 U.S. 68
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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