PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNATES STATES OF AMERICA; INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, AND ALLENTOWN PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY (1916)

PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNATES STATES OF AMERICA; INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, AND ALLENTOWN PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY
	Term: 1915
Important Dates
	Argued: October 18, 1915
	Decided: February 28, 1916
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNATES STATES OF AMERICA; INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, AND ALLENTOWN PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 28, 1916. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1915.

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 Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 240 U.S. 334
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: James Clark McReynolds

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.