SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. v. ARIZONA EX REL. SULLIVAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL (1945) - Ballotpedia

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SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. v. ARIZONA EX REL. SULLIVAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL

Term: 1944
Important Dates
Argued: March 26, 1945
Decided: June 18, 1945
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Concurring
Wiley Rutledge
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas

SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. v. ARIZONA EX REL. SULLIVAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 18, 1945. The case was argued before the court on March 26, 1945.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arizona State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Stone Court, click here.

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: State
Respondent state: Arizona
Citation: 325 U.S. 761
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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