MADISONVILLE TRACTION COMPANY v. SAINT BERNARD MINING COMPANY (1905)

MADISONVILLE TRACTION COMPANY v. SAINT BERNARD MINING COMPANY
	Term: 1904
Important Dates
	Argued: November 28, 1904
	Decided: January 16, 1905
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	David Josiah Brewer • Melville Weston Fuller • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Rufus Wheeler Peckham

MADISONVILLE TRACTION COMPANY v. SAINT BERNARD MINING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 16, 1905. The case was argued before the court on November 28, 1904.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Kentucky.

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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: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 196 U.S. 239
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: 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 liberal.