SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. v. VIRGINIA (1933)

SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. v. VIRGINIA
	Term: 1933
Important Dates
	Argued: October 17, 1933
	Decided: December 4, 1933
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
	Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • Harlan Fiske Stone

SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. v. VIRGINIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 4, 1933. The case was argued before the court on October 17, 1933.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Virginia State Supreme 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: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Virginia
Citation: 290 U.S. 190
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds

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.