JAMESTOWN AND NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. JONES (1900)

JAMESTOWN AND NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. JONES
	Term: 1899
Important Dates
	Argued: February 1, 1900
	Decided: March 26, 1900
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

JAMESTOWN AND NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. JONES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 26, 1900. The case was argued before the court on February 1, 1900.

In a 9-0 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 North Dakota State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
Petitioner: Railroad
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: 177 U.S. 125
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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 conservative.