STONE v. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI BRIDGE COMPANY (1907)

STONE v. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI BRIDGE COMPANY
	Term: 1906
Important Dates
	Argued: March 22, 1907
	Decided: May 13, 1907
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

STONE v. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI BRIDGE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 13, 1907. The case was argued before the court on March 22, 1907.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 206 U.S. 267
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: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rufus Day

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.