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NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES (1924)

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NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1923 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 17, 1924 |
Decided: April 28, 1924 |
Outcome |
Certification to or from a lower court |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 28, 1924. The case was argued before the court on January 17, 1924.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Western U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
- Petitioner: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 265 U.S. 41
- How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
- 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: Pierce Butler
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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