GEORGIA RAILROAD AND BANKING COMPANY v. SMITH (1888)

GEORGIA RAILROAD AND BANKING COMPANY v. SMITH
	Term: 1888
Important Dates
	Argued: October 16, 1888
	Decided: October 29, 1888
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller

GEORGIA RAILROAD AND BANKING COMPANY v. SMITH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 29, 1888. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1888.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Georgia
Citation: 128 U.S. 174
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: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stephen Johnson Field

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.