LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY (1915)

LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
	Term: 1914
Important Dates
	Argued: March 9, 1915
	Decided: April 12, 1915
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna

LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 12, 1915. The case was argued before the court on March 9, 1915.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 237 U.S. 300
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: 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.