ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY v. BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS et al. (1921)

ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY v. BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS et al.
	Term: 1920
Important Dates
	Argued: November 16, 1920
	Decided: January 3, 1921
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney
Dissenting
	James Clark McReynolds • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY v. BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS et al. 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 November 16, 1920.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey State Trial 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: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: New Jersey
Citation: 254 U.S. 394
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: 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.