GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. CITY OF SOUTH BEND (1913)

GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. CITY OF SOUTH BEND
	Term: 1912
Important Dates
	Argued: December 10, 1912
	Decided: February 24, 1913
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Concurring
	William Rufus Day
Dissenting
	Charles Evans Hughes • Mahlon Pitney

GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. CITY OF SOUTH BEND is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1913. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1912.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Indiana 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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Indiana
Citation: 227 U.S. 544
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: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph Rucker Lamar

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.