INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. DIFFENBAUGH (1911) - Ballotpedia

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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. DIFFENBAUGH

Term: 1911
Important Dates
Argued: October 13, 1911
Decided: November 13, 1911
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-2
Majority
Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. DIFFENBAUGH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 13, 1911. The case was argued before the court on October 13, 1911.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
Petitioner: Interstate Commerce Commission
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 222 U.S. 42
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: 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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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