UNITED STATES AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY (1916)

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UNITED STATES AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY |
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Term: 1916 |
Important Dates |
Argued: October 18, 1916 |
Decided: December 11, 1916 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
UNITED STATES AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 11, 1916. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1916.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Western U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Railroad
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 242 U.S. 208
- 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
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