UNITED STATES v. CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY (1891)

UNITED STATES v. CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
	Term: 1890
Important Dates
	Argued: November 21, 1890
	Decided: January 26, 1891
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

UNITED STATES v. CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 26, 1891. The case was argued before the court on November 21, 1890.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part 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: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 138 U.S. 84
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph Bradley

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.