RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSION OF MINNESOTA et al. v. DULUTH STREET RAILWAY COMPANY (1927)

RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSION OF MINNESOTA et al. v. DULUTH STREET RAILWAY COMPANY
	Term: 1926
Important Dates
	Argued: March 14, 1927
	Decided: April 11, 1927
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSION OF MINNESOTA et al. v. DULUTH STREET RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 11, 1927. The case was argued before the court on March 14, 1927.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. District Court.

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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: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Minnesota
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 273 U.S. 625
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.