CINCINNATI, HAMILTON AND DAYTON RAILWAY COMPANY v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION (1907)

CINCINNATI, HAMILTON AND DAYTON RAILWAY COMPANY v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
	Term: 1906
Important Dates
	Argued: January 31, 1907
	Decided: May 13, 1907
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

CINCINNATI, HAMILTON AND DAYTON RAILWAY COMPANY v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 13, 1907. The case was argued before the court on January 31, 1907.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - federal or state consumer protection: typically under the Truth in Lending; Food, Drug and Cosmetic; and Consumer Protection Credit Acts
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Interstate Commerce Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 206 U.S. 142
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Douglass White

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.