MINNEAPOLIS EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. MINNESOTA (1890)

MINNEAPOLIS EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. MINNESOTA
	Term: 1889
Important Dates
	Argued: January 13, 1890
	Decided: March 24, 1890
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan
Concurring
	Samuel Freeman Miller
Dissenting
	Joseph Bradley • Horace Gray • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

MINNEAPOLIS EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. MINNESOTA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 24, 1890. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1890.

In a 6-3 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 Minnesota State Supreme Court.

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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: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Minnesota
Citation: 134 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: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Blatchford

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.