ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. SPRING RIVER STONE COMPANY (1915)

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ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. SPRING RIVER STONE COMPANY
Term: 1914
Important Dates
Decided: March 22, 1915
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Rufus DayOliver Wendell HolmesCharles Evans HughesJoseph Rucker LamarJoseph McKennaJames Clark McReynoldsMahlon PitneyWillis Van DevanterEdward Douglass White

ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. SPRING RIVER STONE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 22, 1915.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 236 U.S. 718
  • 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: James Clark McReynolds

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.

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