CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION CO. v. KALO BRICK & TILE CO. (1981) - Ballotpedia

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CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION CO. v. KALO BRICK & TILE CO.

Term: 1980
Important Dates
Argued: December 9, 1980
Decided: March 9, 1981
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION CO. v. KALO BRICK & TILE CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 9, 1981. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 1980.

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 Iowa State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 450 U.S. 311
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

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.

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External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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