MISSOURI RATE CASES: CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY R.R. CO. v. KNOTT &C. (1913)

MISSOURI RATE CASES: CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY R.R. CO. v. KNOTT &C.
	Term: 1912
Important Dates
	Argued: October 12, 1910
	Decided: June 16, 1913
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

MISSOURI RATE CASES: CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY R.R. CO. v. KNOTT &C. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 16, 1913. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1910.

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 U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Missouri
Citation: 230 U.S. 474
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Evans Hughes

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.