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LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY v. BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS et al. (1928)

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LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY v. BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS et al.
Term: 1928
Important Dates
Argued: October 10, 1928
Decided: November 19, 1928
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
James Clark McReynolds

LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY v. BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 19, 1928. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 1928.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Respondent state: New Jersey
  • Citation: 278 U.S. 24
  • 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: William Howard Taft

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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