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LAMBERT RUN COAL COMPANY v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY

Term: 1921
Important Dates
Argued: March 6, 1922
Decided: April 10, 1922
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

LAMBERT RUN COAL COMPANY v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 10, 1922. The case was argued before the court on March 6, 1922.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
Petitioner: Coal company or coal mine operator
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 258 U.S. 377
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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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