WINONA AND ST. PETER RAILROAD COMPANY v. BLAKE (1877) - Ballotpedia

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WINONA AND ST. PETER RAILROAD COMPANY v. BLAKE

Term: 1876
Important Dates
Argued: October 25, 1875
Decided: March 1, 1877
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite
Dissenting
Stephen Johnson Field • William Strong

WINONA AND ST. PETER RAILROAD COMPANY v. BLAKE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 1, 1877. The case was argued before the court on October 25, 1875.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Unidentifiable
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 94 U.S. 180
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: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Morrison Waite

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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