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Ex parte NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY et al. (1929)

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ex parte NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY et al.
Term: 1929
Important Dates
Decided: December 2, 1929
Outcome
Vacated
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

ex parte NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 2, 1929.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Montana U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Judge
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 280 U.S. 142
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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