ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND MANITOBA RAILWAY COMPANY v. PHELPS (1890)

ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND MANITOBA RAILWAY COMPANY v. PHELPS
	Term: 1890
Important Dates
	Argued: November 6, 1890
	Decided: December 22, 1890
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND MANITOBA RAILWAY COMPANY v. PHELPS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 22, 1890. The case was argued before the court on November 6, 1890.

In an 8-0 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 Minnesota U.S. Circuit for the District of Minnesota.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 137 U.S. 528
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

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.