MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY v. MISSOURI RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSIONERS (1901)

MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY v. MISSOURI RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSIONERS
	Term: 1901
Important Dates
	Argued: October 16, 1901
	Decided: November 11, 1901
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Judgment of the court
	David Josiah Brewer
Majority
	Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY v. MISSOURI RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSIONERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 11, 1901. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1901.

In an 8-0 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 - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Missouri
Citation: 183 U.S. 53
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: David Josiah Brewer

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.