LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. MOTTLEY (1911)

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LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. MOTTLEY |
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Term: 1910 |
Important Dates |
Decided: February 20, 1911 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. MOTTLEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1911.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Kentucky State Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
- Petitioner: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 219 U.S. 467
- 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: Edward Douglass White
- Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall Harlan
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.
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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