NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. WINFIELD (1917) - Ballotpedia

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NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. WINFIELD

Term: 1916
Important Dates
Argued: February 29, 1916
Decided: May 21, 1917
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke

NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. WINFIELD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 1917. The case was argued before the court on February 29, 1916.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York 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: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 244 U.S. 147
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: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Willis Van Devanter

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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