BRIMSTONE RAILROAD AND CANAL COMPANY v. UNITED STATES et al. (1928)

BRIMSTONE RAILROAD AND CANAL COMPANY v. UNITED STATES et al.
	Term: 1927
Important Dates
	Argued: October 10, 1927
	Decided: February 20, 1928
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes

BRIMSTONE RAILROAD AND CANAL COMPANY v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1928. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 1927.

In a 7-2 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 Louisiana Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 276 U.S. 104
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: James Clark McReynolds

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.