NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. NEBRASKA STATE RAILWAY COMMISSION (1936)

NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. NEBRASKA STATE RAILWAY COMMISSION
	Term: 1935
Important Dates
	Argued: February 6, 1936
	Decided: March 2, 1936
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. NEBRASKA STATE RAILWAY COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1936. The case was argued before the court on February 6, 1936.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Nebraska
Citation: 297 U.S. 471
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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.