ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. MULBERRY HILL COAL COMPANY (1915)

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. MULBERRY HILL COAL COMPANY
	Term: 1914
Important Dates
	Argued: January 14, 1915
	Decided: June 14, 1915
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. MULBERRY HILL COAL COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 14, 1915. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1915.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois 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: Coal company or coal mine operator
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 238 U.S. 275
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: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Mahlon Pitney

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.