NAPIER v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY (1926)

NAPIER v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY
	Term: 1926
Important Dates
	Argued: October 20, 1926
	Decided: November 29, 1926
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
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

NAPIER v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 29, 1926. The case was argued before the court on October 20, 1926.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Georgia
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 272 U.S. 605
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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.