ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. STATE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF ILLINOIS et al. (1918)

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. STATE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF ILLINOIS et al.
	Term: 1917
Important Dates
	Argued: October 8, 1917
	Decided: January 14, 1918
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. STATE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF ILLINOIS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 14, 1918. The case was argued before the court on October 8, 1917.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District 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: Interstate Commerce Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 245 U.S. 493
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Willis Van Devanter

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 liberal.