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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION et al. v. CITY OF JERSEY CITY et al. (1944)

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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION et al. v. CITY OF JERSEY CITY et al.
Term: 1943
Important Dates
Argued: May 2, 1944
Decided: May 29, 1944
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION et al. v. CITY OF JERSEY CITY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1944. The case was argued before the court on May 2, 1944.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
  • Petitioner: Interstate Commerce Commission
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: New Jersey
  • Citation: 322 U.S. 503
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Robert Jackson

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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