ELLIS v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION (1915)

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ELLIS v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
Term: 1914
Important Dates
Argued: April 12, 1915
Decided: May 10, 1915
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Concurring
William Rufus Day

ELLIS v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 10, 1915. The case was argued before the court on April 12, 1915.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
  • Petitioner: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Interstate Commerce Commission
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 237 U.S. 434
  • 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.

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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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