PEIK v. CHICAGO AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY (1877)

PEIK v. CHICAGO AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY
	Term: 1876
Important Dates
	Argued: October 29, 1875
	Decided: March 1, 1877
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite
Dissenting
	Stephen Johnson Field • William Strong

PEIK v. CHICAGO AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 1, 1877. The case was argued before the court on October 29, 1875.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Wisconsin.

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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: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Wisconsin
Citation: 94 U.S. 164
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Morrison Waite

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.