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UNITED STATES AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. NEW RIVER COMPANY et al. (1924)

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UNITED STATES AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. NEW RIVER COMPANY et al.
Term: 1923
Important Dates
Argued: April 24, 1924
Decided: June 9, 1924
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Joseph McKenna

UNITED STATES AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. NEW RIVER COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 1924. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1924.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the West Virginia Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Coal company or coal mine operator
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 265 U.S. 533
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Pierce Butler

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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