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WABASH RAILWAY COMPANY et al. v. BARCLAY et al. (1930)

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WABASH RAILWAY COMPANY et al. v. BARCLAY et al. |
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Term: 1929 |
Important Dates |
Argued: December 2, 1929 |
Decided: January 6, 1930 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
WABASH RAILWAY COMPANY et al. v. BARCLAY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 6, 1930. The case was argued before the court on December 2, 1929.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of securities
- Petitioner: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 280 U.S. 197
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- 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: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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