ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY COMPANY v. MILLS, ADMINISTRATRIX (1926)

ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY COMPANY v. MILLS, ADMINISTRATRIX
	Term: 1925
Important Dates
	Argued: April 22, 1926
	Decided: May 24, 1926
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY COMPANY v. MILLS, ADMINISTRATRIX is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 1926. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 1926.

In a 9-0 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 Alabama Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 271 U.S. 344
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
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.