ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. HENDERSON ELEVATOR COMPANY (1913) - Ballotpedia

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ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. HENDERSON ELEVATOR COMPANY

Term: 1912
Important Dates
Argued: December 19, 1912
Decided: January 6, 1913
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. HENDERSON ELEVATOR COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 6, 1913. The case was argued before the court on December 19, 1912.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 226 U.S. 441
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Douglass White

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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