BROOKS -- SCANLON COMPANY v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA (1920)

BROOKS -- SCANLON COMPANY v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA
	Term: 1919
Important Dates
	Argued: January 6, 1920
	Decided: February 2, 1920
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

BROOKS -- SCANLON COMPANY v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 2, 1920. The case was argued before the court on January 6, 1920.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana 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: Forest products, lumber, or logging company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Louisiana
Citation: 251 U.S. 396
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.