MCKITTRICK v. ARKANSAS CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY (1894)

MCKITTRICK v. ARKANSAS CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY
	Term: 1893
Important Dates
	Argued: February 2, 1894
	Decided: March 19, 1894
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras

MCKITTRICK v. ARKANSAS CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 19, 1894. The case was argued before the court on February 2, 1894.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arkansas U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Arkansas.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 152 U.S. 473
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 conservative.