UNITED STATES ex rel. LOUISVILLE CEMENT COMPANY v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION (1918)

UNITED STATES ex rel. LOUISVILLE CEMENT COMPANY v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
	Term: 1917
Important Dates
	Argued: March 14, 1918
	Decided: April 29, 1918
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
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 ex rel. LOUISVILLE CEMENT COMPANY v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 29, 1918. The case was argued before the court on March 14, 1918.

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 Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
Petitioner: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Interstate Commerce Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 246 U.S. 638
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: John Hessin Clarke

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 liberal.