COTTING v. KANSAS CITY STOCK YARDS COMPANY AND THE STATE OF KANSAS (1901)

COTTING v. KANSAS CITY STOCK YARDS COMPANY AND THE STATE OF KANSAS
	Term: 1901
Important Dates
	Argued: November 14, 1899
	Decided: November 25, 1901
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Judgment of the court
	David Josiah Brewer
Majority
	Melville Weston Fuller • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras
Concurring
	Henry Billings Brown • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White

COTTING v. KANSAS CITY STOCK YARDS COMPANY AND THE STATE OF KANSAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 25, 1901. The case was argued before the court on November 14, 1899.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Kansas U.S. Circuit for the District of Kansas.

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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: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 183 U.S. 79
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: David Josiah Brewer

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.