HANNIBAL AND ST. JOSEPH RAILROAD COMPANY v. MISSOURI RIVER PACKET COMPANY (1888)

HANNIBAL AND ST. JOSEPH RAILROAD COMPANY v. MISSOURI RIVER PACKET COMPANY
	Term: 1887
Important Dates
	Argued: February 6, 1888
	Decided: March 19, 1888
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite

HANNIBAL AND ST. JOSEPH RAILROAD COMPANY v. MISSOURI RIVER PACKET COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 19, 1888. The case was argued before the court on February 6, 1888.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 125 U.S. 260
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: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus 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.