SILER et al., AS RAILROAD COMMISSION, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY (1909)

SILER et al., AS RAILROAD COMMISSION, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY
	Term: 1908
Important Dates
	Argued: February 24, 1909
	Decided: April 5, 1909
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

SILER et al., AS RAILROAD COMMISSION, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 5, 1909. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1909.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Kentucky
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 213 U.S. 199
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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.