UNITED STATES v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY (1902)

UNITED STATES v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
	Term: 1901
Important Dates
	Argued: April 18, 1901
	Decided: January 27, 1902
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

UNITED STATES v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 27, 1902. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 1901.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of California.

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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: Buyer, purchaser
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 184 U.S. 49
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: David Josiah Brewer

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.