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CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. v. STUDE et al. (1954)
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| CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. v. STUDE et al. |
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| Term: 1953 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: December 2, 1953 |
| Decided: January 18, 1954 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Earl Warren |
| Concurring |
| Robert Jackson |
| Dissenting |
| Hugo Black • Felix Frankfurter |
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. v. STUDE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 18, 1954. The case was argued before the court on December 2, 1953.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Iowa Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Federalism - miscellaneous federalism
- Petitioner: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 346 U.S. 574
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Sherman Minton
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.
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