UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. MASON CITY AND FORT DODGE RAILROAD COMPANY (1911) - Ballotpedia

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UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. MASON CITY AND FORT DODGE RAILROAD COMPANY

Term: 1911
Important Dates
Argued: November 2, 1911
Decided: December 11, 1911
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-0
Majority
Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. MASON CITY AND FORT DODGE RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 11, 1911. The case was argued before the court on November 2, 1911.

In a 7-0 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 Nebraska U.S. Circuit for the District of Nebraska.

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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: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 222 U.S. 237
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: 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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