GENERAL INVESTMENT COMPANY v. LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al. (1922)

GENERAL INVESTMENT COMPANY v. LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al.
	Term: 1922
Important Dates
	Argued: October 6, 1922
	Decided: November 27, 1922
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

GENERAL INVESTMENT COMPANY v. LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 27, 1922. The case was argued before the court on October 6, 1922.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 260 U.S. 261
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Willis Van Devanter

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.