MISSOURI, EX REL. WABASH RAILWAY COMPANY v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (1927)

MISSOURI, EX REL. WABASH RAILWAY COMPANY v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
	Term: 1926
Important Dates
	Argued: December 10, 1926
	Decided: January 10, 1927
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

MISSOURI, EX REL. WABASH RAILWAY COMPANY v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 1927. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1926.

In a 9-0 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 Missouri State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: remand to determine basis of state or federal court decision (cf. judicial administration: state law)
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Missouri
Citation: 273 U.S. 126
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: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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.