STATE OF MISSOURI v. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY (1916) - Ballotpedia

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STATE OF MISSOURI v. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY

Term: 1915
Important Dates
Argued: May 3, 1916
Decided: June 12, 1916
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
5-1
Majority
Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
Joseph McKenna

STATE OF MISSOURI v. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 12, 1916. The case was argued before the court on May 3, 1916.

In a 5-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion.

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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: State
Petitioner state: Missouri
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 241 U.S. 533
How the court took jurisdiction: Unspecified, other
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: Edward Douglass White

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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