KENTUCKY WHIP & COLLAR CO. v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. (1937) - Ballotpedia

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KENTUCKY WHIP & COLLAR CO. v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO.

Term: 1936
Important Dates
Argued: November 20, 1936
Decided: January 4, 1937
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

KENTUCKY WHIP & COLLAR CO. v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 4, 1937. The case was argued before the court on November 20, 1936.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
Petitioner: Manufacturer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 299 U.S. 334
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Evans Hughes

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.

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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