UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY (1914)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY
	Term: 1914
Important Dates
	Argued: February 24, 1913
	Decided: December 7, 1914
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Concurring
	Mahlon Pitney

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 7, 1914. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1913.

In a 9-0 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 U.S. Commerce Court.

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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: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 235 U.S. 314
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: Edward Douglass White

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.