LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES (1922)

LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1921
Important Dates
	Argued: March 3, 1922
	Decided: April 10, 1922
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
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

LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES 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 3, 1922.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 258 U.S. 374
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 liberal.