TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY v. SABINE TRAM COMPANY (1913)

TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY v. SABINE TRAM COMPANY
	Term: 1912
Important Dates
	Argued: December 17, 1912
	Decided: January 27, 1913
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY v. SABINE TRAM COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 27, 1913. The case was argued before the court on December 17, 1912.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas 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: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 227 U.S. 111
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: 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 liberal.