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UNITED STATES v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY et al. (1922)
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| UNITED STATES v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY et al. |
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| Term: 1921 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: April 18, 1921 |
| Decided: May 29, 1922 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 6-1 |
| Majority |
| John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Mahlon Pitney • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
| Dissenting |
| Joseph McKenna |
UNITED STATES v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1922. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 1921.
In a 6-1 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 Utah U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Railroad
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 259 U.S. 214
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rufus Day
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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