HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY v. TEXAS (1898)

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HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY v. TEXAS
Term: 1897
Important Dates
Argued: January 24, 1898
Decided: April 25, 1898
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY v. TEXAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 25, 1898. The case was argued before the court on January 24, 1898.

In a 9-0 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 Texas 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: State
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 170 U.S. 243
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller

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.

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