INTERNATIONAL & GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al. v. ANDERSON COUNTY et al. (1918)

INTERNATIONAL & GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al. v. ANDERSON COUNTY et al.
	Term: 1917
Important Dates
	Argued: March 25, 1918
	Decided: April 15, 1918
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

INTERNATIONAL & GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al. v. ANDERSON COUNTY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 15, 1918. The case was argued before the court on March 25, 1918.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. 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: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Texas
Citation: 246 U.S. 424
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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.