GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. GALBREATH CATTLE COMPANY et al. (1926)

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. GALBREATH CATTLE COMPANY et al.
	Term: 1925
Important Dates
	Argued: January 15, 1926
	Decided: April 19, 1926
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. GALBREATH CATTLE COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 19, 1926. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1926.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Montana State Trial 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: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 271 U.S. 99
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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.