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KANSAS CITY NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. ZIMMERMAN (1908)

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KANSAS CITY NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. ZIMMERMAN
Term: 1907
Important Dates
Decided: June 1, 1908
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaWilliam Henry MoodyRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

KANSAS CITY NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. ZIMMERMAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1908.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Kansas U.S. Circuit for the District of Kansas.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
  • 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: 210 U.S. 336
  • 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: 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.

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