WASHINGTON-VIRGINIA RAILWAY COMPANY v. REAL ESTATE TRUST COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA (1915)

WASHINGTON-VIRGINIA RAILWAY COMPANY v. REAL ESTATE TRUST COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA
	Term: 1914
Important Dates
	Argued: April 29, 1915
	Decided: June 14, 1915
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
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-VIRGINIA RAILWAY COMPANY v. REAL ESTATE TRUST COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 14, 1915. The case was argued before the court on April 29, 1915.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 238 U.S. 185
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: William Rufus Day

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.