DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. TOWN OF MORRISTOWN et al. (1928)

DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. TOWN OF MORRISTOWN et al.
	Term: 1927
Important Dates
	Argued: January 6, 1928
	Decided: February 20, 1928
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes

DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. TOWN OF MORRISTOWN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1928. The case was argued before the court on January 6, 1928.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. District 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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: New Jersey
Citation: 276 U.S. 182
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: Pierce Butler

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.