R. J. DARNELL (INCORPORATED) v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY (1912) - Ballotpedia

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R. J. DARNELL (INCORPORATED) v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY

Term: 1911
Important Dates
Decided: June 7, 1912
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

R. J. DARNELL (INCORPORATED) v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 7, 1912.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.

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.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 225 U.S. 243
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Douglass White

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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