LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. OHIO VALLEY TIE COMPANY (1916)
LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. OHIO VALLEY TIE COMPANY |
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Term: 1916 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 3, 1916 |
Decided: December 18, 1916 |
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 • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. OHIO VALLEY TIE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 18, 1916. The case was argued before the court on November 3, 1916.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky State Trial Court.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
- Petitioner: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 242 U.S. 288
- 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: 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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