THE TOMBIGBEE RAILROAD COMPANY v. WILLIAM H. KNEELAND (1845) - Ballotpedia

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THE TOMBIGBEE RAILROAD COMPANY v. WILLIAM H. KNEELAND

Term: 1846
Important Dates
Decided: December 9, 1845
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McKinley • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne • Levi Woodbury

THE TOMBIGBEE RAILROAD COMPANY v. WILLIAM H. KNEELAND is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 9, 1845.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Debtor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 45 U.S. 16
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: Roger Brooke Taney
Who wrote the majority opinion: Roger Brooke Taney

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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