CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN (1915)

CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN
	Term: 1914
Important Dates
	Argued: March 12, 1915
	Decided: April 12, 1915
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 12, 1915. The case was argued before the court on March 12, 1915.

In a 9-0 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 Wisconsin 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: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Wisconsin
Citation: 237 U.S. 220
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: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph McKenna

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.