UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. LARAMIE STOCK YARDS COMPANY (1913) - Ballotpedia

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UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. LARAMIE STOCK YARDS COMPANY

Term: 1913
Important Dates
Decided: December 1, 1913
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-1
Majority
William Rufus Day • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
Charles Evans Hughes

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. LARAMIE STOCK YARDS COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 1, 1913.

In a 5-1 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 Wyoming U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
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: 231 U.S. 190
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 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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