UNITED STATES v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY (June 10, 1913) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY

Term: 1912
Important Dates
Argued: October 19, 1911
Decided: June 10, 1913
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

UNITED STATES v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 10, 1913. The case was argued before the court on October 19, 1911.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the West Virginia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of West Virginia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: miscellaneous
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 229 U.S. 244
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: 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 liberal.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

↑ 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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