THE MINNESOTA RATE CASES; SIMPSON et al., CONSTITUTING THE RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA v. SHEPARD (1913)

THE MINNESOTA RATE CASES; SIMPSON et al., CONSTITUTING THE RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA v. SHEPARD
	Term: 1912
Important Dates
	Argued: April 9, 1912
	Decided: June 9, 1913
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Concurring
	Joseph McKenna

THE MINNESOTA RATE CASES; SIMPSON et al., CONSTITUTING THE RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA v. SHEPARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 1913. The case was argued before the court on April 9, 1912.

In a 9-0 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 Minnesota U.S. Circuit for the District of Minnesota.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Minnesota
Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 230 U.S. 352
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Charles Evans Hughes

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.