CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. STATE OF ARKANSAS (1911)

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. STATE OF ARKANSAS
	Term: 1910
Important Dates
	Argued: November 11, 1910
	Decided: February 20, 1911
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. STATE OF ARKANSAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1911. The case was argued before the court on November 11, 1910.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arkansas 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
Respondent state: Arkansas
Citation: 219 U.S. 453
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: 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.