SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. STEWART (1917)

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SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. STEWART
Term: 1917
Important Dates
Decided: December 17, 1917
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Edward Douglass White

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. STEWART is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 17, 1917.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Arizona U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
  • Petitioner: Trucking company, or motor carrier
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 245 U.S. 359
  • 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: Edward Douglass White
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rufus Day

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.

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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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