YAZOO & MISSISSIPPI VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY et al. v. CITY OF CLARKSDALE (1921)

YAZOO & MISSISSIPPI VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY et al. v. CITY OF CLARKSDALE
	Term: 1921
Important Dates
	Argued: October 6, 1921
	Decided: November 7, 1921
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

YAZOO & MISSISSIPPI VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY et al. v. CITY OF CLARKSDALE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 7, 1921. The case was argued before the court on October 6, 1921.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Mississippi State Trial Court.

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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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Mississippi
Citation: 257 U.S. 10
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: William Howard Taft

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.