UNITED STATES v. LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY (1911)

UNITED STATES v. LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY
	Term: 1910
Important Dates
	Argued: January 5, 1911
	Decided: April 3, 1911
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

UNITED STATES v. LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 3, 1911. The case was argued before the court on January 5, 1911.

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 Pennsylvania U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Pennsylvania.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 220 U.S. 257
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 liberal.