VANDALIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. INDIANA EX REL. THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND (1907)

VANDALIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. INDIANA EX REL. THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND
	Term: 1907
Important Dates
	Argued: October 18, 1907
	Decided: December 16, 1907
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

VANDALIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. INDIANA EX REL. THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 16, 1907. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1907.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Indiana State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Indiana
Citation: 207 U.S. 359
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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 conservative.