TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1933)

TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.
	Term: 1932
Important Dates
	Argued: October 12, 1931
	Decided: May 29, 1933
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • Harlan Fiske Stone

TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1933. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1931.

In a 5-4 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 Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Interstate Commerce Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 289 U.S. 627
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Owen Josephus Roberts

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.