CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY v. MCDONALD, ADMINISTRATOR (1909)

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY v. MCDONALD, ADMINISTRATOR
	Term: 1908
Important Dates
	Argued: April 19, 1909
	Decided: May 17, 1909
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY v. MCDONALD, ADMINISTRATOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 17, 1909. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 1909.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Kentucky State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 214 U.S. 191
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: William Rufus Day

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.