GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES et al. (1928)

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES et al.
	Term: 1927
Important Dates
	Argued: April 27, 1928
	Decided: May 14, 1928
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
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. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1928. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 1928.

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

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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: 277 U.S. 172
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: 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 conservative.