CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES (1911)

CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1910
Important Dates
	Argued: March 9, 1911
	Decided: May 15, 1911
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1911. The case was argued before the court on March 9, 1911.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Nebraska U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 220 U.S. 559
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: John Marshall Harlan

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.