UNITED STATES v. LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY et al. (1920)

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UNITED STATES v. LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY et al.
Term: 1920
Important Dates
Argued: October 12, 1916
Decided: December 6, 1920
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-0
Majority
John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter
Concurring
Oliver Wendell Holmes • Edward Douglass White

UNITED STATES v. LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 6, 1920. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1916.

In a 7-0 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 New York Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Mergers
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 254 U.S. 255
  • 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: 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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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