INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. et al. (1957) - Ballotpedia

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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. et al.

Term: 1957
Important Dates
Decided: December 9, 1957
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Earl Warren

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 9, 1957.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
Petitioner: Interstate Commerce Commission
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 355 U.S. 175
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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

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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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