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Ex parte RAILWAY COMPANY (1881)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
ex parte RAILWAY COMPANY
Term: 1880
Important Dates
Decided: March 21, 1881
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Joseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldJohn Marshall HarlanSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

ex parte RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 21, 1881.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Iowa U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Iowa.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Court or judicial district
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 103 U.S. 794
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Morrison Waite

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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