CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. SCHWYHART (1913)

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. SCHWYHART
	Term: 1912
Important Dates
	Argued: January 21, 1913
	Decided: February 3, 1913
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. SCHWYHART is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 3, 1913. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 1913.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri 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: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 227 U.S. 184
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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.