KNOTT et al., RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI (1913)

KNOTT et al., RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI
	Term: 1912
Important Dates
	Argued: April 1, 1912
	Decided: June 16, 1913
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

KNOTT et al., RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 16, 1913. The case was argued before the court on April 1, 1912.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Missouri
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 230 U.S. 509
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
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.