MISSOURI, KANSAS, AND TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY v. KANSAS PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY (1878)

MISSOURI, KANSAS, AND TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY v. KANSAS PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY
	Term: 1878
Important Dates
	Argued: November 8, 1878
	Decided: December 16, 1878
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

MISSOURI, KANSAS, AND TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY v. KANSAS PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 16, 1878. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1878.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
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: 97 U.S. 491
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: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stephen Johnson Field

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.