RAILROAD COMMISSION CASES.; STONE & OTHERS v. FARMERS' LOAN & TRUST COMPANY (1886)

RAILROAD COMMISSION CASES.; STONE & OTHERS v. FARMERS' LOAN & TRUST COMPANY
	Term: 1885
Important Dates
	Argued: October 13, 1885
	Decided: January 4, 1886
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-2
Majority
	Joseph Bradley • Horace Gray • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods
Dissenting
	Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan

RAILROAD COMMISSION CASES.; STONE & OTHERS v. FARMERS' LOAN & TRUST COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 4, 1886. The case was argued before the court on October 13, 1885.

In a 6-2 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 Mississippi U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Mississippi.

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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: Mississippi
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 116 U.S. 307
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Morrison Waite

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 liberal.