STUART v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY (1913)

STUART v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
	Term: 1912
Important Dates
	Argued: January 22, 1913
	Decided: February 24, 1913
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

STUART v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1913. The case was argued before the court on January 22, 1913.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Colorado U.S. Circuit for the District of Colorado.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
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: 227 U.S. 342
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: Joseph McKenna

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.