LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION (1917)

LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
	Term: 1916
Important Dates
	Argued: March 15, 1917
	Decided: March 26, 1917
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 26, 1917. The case was argued before the court on March 15, 1917.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Interstate Commerce Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 243 U.S. 412
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.