FULLINWIDER v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA et al. (1919)

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FULLINWIDER v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA et al.
Term: 1918
Important Dates
Decided: January 13, 1919
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

FULLINWIDER v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 1919.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
  • Petitioner: Buyer, purchaser
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 248 U.S. 409
  • 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: 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 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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