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RAILROAD COMPANY v. RICHMOND (1878)

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RAILROAD COMPANY v. RICHMOND
Term: 1877
Important Dates
Argued: January 7, 1878
Decided: March 25, 1878
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite
Dissenting
William Strong

RAILROAD COMPANY v. RICHMOND is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 1878. The case was argued before the court on January 7, 1878.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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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: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Virginia
  • Citation: 96 U.S. 521
  • 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: 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.

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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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