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UNITED STATES v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY (1904)

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UNITED STATES v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
Term: 1903
Important Dates
Argued: January 5, 1904
Decided: February 23, 1904
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

UNITED STATES v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1904. The case was argued before the court on January 5, 1904.

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

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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: 193 U.S. 1
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller

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 conservative.

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