CHARLOTTE, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD COMPANY v. GIBBES (1892)

CHARLOTTE, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD COMPANY v. GIBBES
	Term: 1891
Important Dates
	Argued: October 20, 1891
	Decided: January 4, 1892
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

CHARLOTTE, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD COMPANY v. GIBBES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 4, 1892. The case was argued before the court on October 20, 1891.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South 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: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 142 U.S. 386
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: Stephen Johnson Field

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.