EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO v. LITTLEFIELD (1915)

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EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO v. LITTLEFIELD
Term: 1914
Important Dates
Decided: April 5, 1915
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
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

EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO v. LITTLEFIELD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 5, 1915.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Texas State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 237 U.S. 140
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • 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: Joseph Rucker Lamar

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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