PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. CLARK BROTHERS COAL MINING COMPANY (1915)

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. CLARK BROTHERS COAL MINING COMPANY
	Term: 1914
Important Dates
	Argued: May 14, 1915
	Decided: June 21, 1915
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. CLARK BROTHERS COAL MINING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 1915. The case was argued before the court on May 14, 1915.

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 Pennsylvania State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

^[1]

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: Coal company or coal mine operator
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 238 U.S. 456
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: Charles Evans Hughes

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.