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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. TEXAS et al.

Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: December 10, 1986
Decided: January 20, 1987
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. TEXAS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 20, 1987. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1986.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

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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: State
Respondent state: Texas
Citation: 479 U.S. 450
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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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