ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. EDWARDS (1906)

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. EDWARDS
	Term: 1906
Important Dates
	Argued: December 14, 1905
	Decided: December 17, 1906
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White
Concurring
	Joseph McKenna

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. EDWARDS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 17, 1906. The case was argued before the court on December 14, 1905.

In an 8-0 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 Kentucky State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - federal or state consumer protection: typically under the Truth in Lending; Food, Drug and Cosmetic; and Consumer Protection Credit Acts
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 203 U.S. 531
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.