YAZOO & MISSISSIPPI VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY v. GREENWOOD GROCERY COMPANY (1913)

YAZOO & MISSISSIPPI VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY v. GREENWOOD GROCERY COMPANY
	Term: 1912
Important Dates
	Argued: November 14, 1912
	Decided: January 20, 1913
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

YAZOO & MISSISSIPPI VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY v. GREENWOOD GROCERY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 20, 1913. The case was argued before the court on November 14, 1912.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. 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: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 227 U.S. 1
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.