INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY (1910)

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY
	Term: 1909
Important Dates
	Argued: April 5, 1910
	Decided: May 31, 1910
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 31, 1910. The case was argued before the court on April 5, 1910.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

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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: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 218 U.S. 113
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph McKenna

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.