MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL AND SAULT STE. MARIE RAILWAY COMPANY v. DOUGHTY (1908)

MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL AND SAULT STE. MARIE RAILWAY COMPANY v. DOUGHTY
	Term: 1907
Important Dates
	Argued: December 17, 1907
	Decided: February 3, 1908
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL AND SAULT STE. MARIE RAILWAY COMPANY v. DOUGHTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 3, 1908. The case was argued before the court on December 17, 1907.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Dakota State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 208 U.S. 251
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: Joseph McKenna

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.