WASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA AND MT. VERNON RAILWAY COMPANY v. DOWNE (1915)

WASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA AND MT. VERNON RAILWAY COMPANY v. DOWNE
	Term: 1914
Important Dates
	Argued: January 21, 1915
	Decided: February 23, 1915
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

WASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA AND MT. VERNON RAILWAY COMPANY v. DOWNE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1915. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 1915.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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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: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 236 U.S. 190
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: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Douglass White

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.