UNITED STATES v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY (1919)

UNITED STATES v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY
	Term: 1918
Important Dates
	Argued: March 11, 1919
	Decided: April 14, 1919
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 v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 14, 1919. The case was argued before the court on March 11, 1919.

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. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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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: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 249 U.S. 451
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds

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.