SOUTHERN WISCONSIN RAILWAY COMPANY v. CITY OF MADISON (1916)

SOUTHERN WISCONSIN RAILWAY COMPANY v. CITY OF MADISON
	Term: 1915
Important Dates
	Argued: March 6, 1916
	Decided: March 20, 1916
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

SOUTHERN WISCONSIN RAILWAY COMPANY v. CITY OF MADISON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 20, 1916. The case was argued before the court on March 6, 1916.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin State Trial 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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Wisconsin
Citation: 240 U.S. 457
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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.