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LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. CENTRAL IRON & COAL COMPANY (1924)

| LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. CENTRAL IRON & COAL COMPANY |
|---|
| Term: 1923 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: February 19, 1924 |
| Decided: May 5, 1924 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. CENTRAL IRON & COAL COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 5, 1924. The case was argued before the court on February 19, 1924.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama Northern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
- Petitioner: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 265 U.S. 59
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
- 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 unspecifiable.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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