ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY v. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (1914)

ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY v. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
	Term: 1913
Important Dates
	Argued: April 24, 1914
	Decided: May 25, 1914
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY v. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 25, 1914. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1914.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: New York
Citation: 233 U.S. 671
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 McKenna

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.