MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. STATE OF KANSAS EX REL. RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS (1910)

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. STATE OF KANSAS EX REL. RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
	Term: 1909
Important Dates
	Argued: November 30, 1909
	Decided: February 21, 1910
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. STATE OF KANSAS EX REL. RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1910. The case was argued before the court on November 30, 1909.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas 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 commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Kansas
Citation: 216 U.S. 262
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: Edward Douglass White

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.