OREGON RAILWAY AND NAVIGATION COMPANY v. OREGONIAN RAILWAY COMPANY (LIMITED) (1892)

OREGON RAILWAY AND NAVIGATION COMPANY v. OREGONIAN RAILWAY COMPANY (LIMITED)
	Term: 1891
Important Dates
	Decided: April 25, 1892
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

OREGON RAILWAY AND NAVIGATION COMPANY v. OREGONIAN RAILWAY COMPANY (LIMITED) is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 25, 1892.

In an 8-0 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 Oregon U.S. Circuit for the District of Oregon.

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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: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 145 U.S. 52
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: 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.