ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY (1910)

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ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
Term: 1910
Important Dates
Argued: October 26, 1910
Decided: December 5, 1910
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
William Rufus DayJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesCharles Evans HughesHorace Harmon LurtonJoseph McKennaEdward Douglass White

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 5, 1910. The case was argued before the court on October 26, 1910.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Kentucky
  • Citation: 218 U.S. 551
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Evans Hughes

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.

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