PULLMAN'S PALACE CAR COMPANY v. CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (1891)

PULLMAN'S PALACE CAR COMPANY v. CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
	Term: 1890
Important Dates
	Argued: January 28, 1890
	Decided: March 2, 1891
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

PULLMAN'S PALACE CAR COMPANY v. CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1891. The case was argued before the court on January 28, 1890.

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 U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Pennsylvania.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
Petitioner: Tenant or lessee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 139 U.S. 62
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: Horace Gray

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.