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PEOPLE'S RAILROAD v. MEMPHIS RAILROAD (1869)

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PEOPLE'S RAILROAD v. MEMPHIS RAILROAD
Term: 1869
Important Dates
Argued: November 24, 1869
Decided: December 13, 1869
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Salmon Portland Chase • David Davis • Samuel Nelson

PEOPLE'S RAILROAD v. MEMPHIS RAILROAD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 13, 1869. The case was argued before the court on November 24, 1869.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

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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: 77 U.S. 38
  • 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: Salmon Portland Chase
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Nathan Clifford

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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