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KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. C.H. ALBERS COMMISSION CO. (1912)

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KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. C.H. ALBERS COMMISSION CO. |
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Term: 1911 |
Important Dates |
Argued: October 26, 1911 |
Decided: February 26, 1912 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
7-0 |
Majority |
Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. C.H. ALBERS COMMISSION CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1912. The case was argued before the court on October 26, 1911.
In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas State Trial Court.
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: Civil Rights - Debtors' rights
- Petitioner: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 223 U.S. 573
- 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: Edward Douglass White
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Willis Van Devanter
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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