NASHUA AND LOWELL RAILROAD CORPORATION v. BOSTON AND LOWELL RAILROAD CORPORATION (1890)

NASHUA AND LOWELL RAILROAD CORPORATION v. BOSTON AND LOWELL RAILROAD CORPORATION
	Term: 1889
Important Dates
	Argued: March 31, 1890
	Decided: May 19, 1890
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-3
Majority
	Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Samuel Freeman Miller
Dissenting
	Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

NASHUA AND LOWELL RAILROAD CORPORATION v. BOSTON AND LOWELL RAILROAD CORPORATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 1890. The case was argued before the court on March 31, 1890.

In a 5-3 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 Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 136 U.S. 356
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: 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.