STATE OF TEXAS v. EASTERN TEXAS RAILROAD COMPANY et al. (1922)

STATE OF TEXAS v. EASTERN TEXAS RAILROAD COMPANY et al.
	Term: 1921
Important Dates
	Argued: November 15, 1921
	Decided: March 13, 1922
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

STATE OF TEXAS v. EASTERN TEXAS RAILROAD COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 13, 1922. The case was argued before the court on November 15, 1921.

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 Texas Western U.S. District 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: State
Petitioner state: Texas
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 258 U.S. 204
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Willis Van Devanter

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.