SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. REID (1912)

SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. REID
	Term: 1911
Important Dates
	Argued: December 6, 1911
	Decided: January 9, 1912
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. REID is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 9, 1912. The case was argued before the court on December 6, 1911.

In a 7-0 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 North Carolina State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 222 U.S. 424
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: Joseph McKenna

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.