DETROIT AND MACKINAC RAILWAY COMPANY v. MICHIGAN RAILROAD COMMISSION (1914)

DETROIT AND MACKINAC RAILWAY COMPANY v. MICHIGAN RAILROAD COMMISSION
	Term: 1914
Important Dates
	Argued: December 2, 1914
	Decided: December 14, 1914
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

DETROIT AND MACKINAC RAILWAY COMPANY v. MICHIGAN RAILROAD COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 14, 1914. The case was argued before the court on December 2, 1914.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan Eastern 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: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Michigan
Citation: 235 U.S. 402
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
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.