UNITED STATES v. MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY (1891)

UNITED STATES v. MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY
	Term: 1891
Important Dates
	Argued: March 10, 1891
	Decided: October 19, 1891
Outcome
	Reversed 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. MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 19, 1891. The case was argued before the court on March 10, 1891.

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 Kansas U.S. Circuit for the District of Kansas.

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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: 141 U.S. 358
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: John Marshall Harlan

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.