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DELAWARE AND HUDSON COMPANY v. ALBANY AND SUSQUEHANNA RAILROAD COMPANY (1909)

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DELAWARE AND HUDSON COMPANY v. ALBANY AND SUSQUEHANNA RAILROAD COMPANY
Term: 1908
Important Dates
Argued: February 23, 1909
Decided: May 3, 1909
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaWilliam Henry MoodyRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

DELAWARE AND HUDSON COMPANY v. ALBANY AND SUSQUEHANNA RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 3, 1909. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 1909.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
  • Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Business, corporation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 213 U.S. 435
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • 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: Joseph McKenna

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 unspecifiable.

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