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LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. LOUISVILLE (1897)

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LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. LOUISVILLE
Term: 1896
Important Dates
Argued: April 1, 1897
Decided: April 26, 1897
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. LOUISVILLE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 26, 1897. The case was argued before the court on April 1, 1897.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Kentucky State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Kentucky
  • Citation: 166 U.S. 709
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller

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.

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