NEW ORLEANS v. TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY (1898)

NEW ORLEANS v. TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY
	Term: 1897
Important Dates
	Argued: January 3, 1898
	Decided: May 31, 1898
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

NEW ORLEANS v. TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 31, 1898. The case was argued before the court on January 3, 1898.

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

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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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Louisiana
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 171 U.S. 312
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: Melville Weston Fuller

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.