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UNITED STATES v. SOUTH BUFFALO RAILWAY CO. ET AL.

Term: 1947
Important Dates
Argued: February 2, 1948
Decided: April 26, 1948
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge

UNITED STATES v. SOUTH BUFFALO RAILWAY CO. ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 26, 1948. The case was argued before the court on February 2, 1948.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York New York Western U.S. District Court.

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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: 333 U.S. 771
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Robert Jackson

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.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

↑ 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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