GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES (1920)

GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1919
Important Dates
	Argued: January 21, 1920
	Decided: March 1, 1920
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

GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 1, 1920. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 1920.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 252 U.S. 112
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: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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.