DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS et al. v. THE VISCOSE COMPANY (1921)

DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS et al. v. THE VISCOSE COMPANY
	Term: 1920
Important Dates
	Argued: December 8, 1920
	Decided: January 3, 1921
Outcome
	Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter

DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS et al. v. THE VISCOSE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1921. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1920.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: Federal Railroad Administration
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 254 U.S. 498
How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
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: John Hessin Clarke

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.