SAN ANTONIO TRACTION COMPANY v. ALTGELT (1906)

SAN ANTONIO TRACTION COMPANY v. ALTGELT
	Term: 1905
Important Dates
	Argued: December 13, 1905
	Decided: January 22, 1906
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

SAN ANTONIO TRACTION COMPANY v. ALTGELT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 22, 1906. The case was argued before the court on December 13, 1905.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas State Trial 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: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Student, or applicant for admission to an educational institution
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 200 U.S. 304
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: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Henry Billings Brown

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.