DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES (1919)
DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1918 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 26, 1919 |
Decided: April 14, 1919 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 14, 1919. The case was argued before the court on March 26, 1919.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
- Petitioner: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 249 U.S. 385
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- 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: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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