TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY v. THE NORTHSIDE BELT RAILWAY COMPANY (1928)

TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY v. THE NORTHSIDE BELT RAILWAY COMPANY
	Term: 1927
Important Dates
	Argued: February 28, 1928
	Decided: April 9, 1928
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY v. THE NORTHSIDE BELT RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 9, 1928. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 1928.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
Petitioner: Railroad
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: 276 U.S. 475
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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.