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DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. RELLSTAR (1928)

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DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. RELLSTAR
Term: 1927
Important Dates
Argued: January 5, 1928
Decided: January 16, 1928
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisPierce ButlerOliver Wendell HolmesJames Clark McReynoldsEdward Terry SanfordHarlan Fiske StoneGeorge SutherlandWilliam Howard TaftWillis Van Devanter

DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. RELLSTAR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 16, 1928. The case was argued before the court on January 5, 1928.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Judge
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 276 U.S. 1
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
  • 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 liberal.

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