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RAILROAD COMMISSION OF CALIFORNIA et al. v. LOS ANGELES RAILWAY CORPORATION (1929)

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RAILROAD COMMISSION OF CALIFORNIA et al. v. LOS ANGELES RAILWAY CORPORATION
Term: 1929
Important Dates
Argued: October 22, 1929
Decided: December 2, 1929
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Pierce Butler • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Concurring
James Clark McReynolds
Dissenting
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Harlan Fiske Stone

RAILROAD COMMISSION OF CALIFORNIA et al. v. LOS ANGELES RAILWAY CORPORATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 2, 1929. The case was argued before the court on October 22, 1929.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Petitioner state: California
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 280 U.S. 145
  • 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: Pierce Butler

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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