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RAILWAY COMPANY v. MCSHANE et al. (1875)

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RAILWAY COMPANY v. MCSHANE et al.
Term: 1874
Important Dates
Argued: December 15, 1874
Decided: January 18, 1875
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

RAILWAY COMPANY v. MCSHANE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 18, 1875. The case was argued before the court on December 15, 1874.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Nebraska U.S. Circuit for the District of Nebraska.

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 tax
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Respondent state: Nebraska
  • Citation: 89 U.S. 444
  • 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: Samuel Freeman Miller

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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