United States v. Erie Railroad Co.

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:court_cases
gptkbp:argued_on November 10, 1940
gptkbp:case_analysis law students
legal scholars
legal practitioners
political scientists
judicial historians
gptkbp:case_outcome gptkb:public_transportation
affirmed lower court ruling
economic regulation
upheld federal authority
resolved
federal-state relations
administrative law principles
legal precedent for future cases
judicial interpretation of commerce clause
gptkbp:case_types administrative law
gptkbp:court gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkbp:decided_by gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
January 6, 1941
gptkbp:docket_number gptkb:No._1
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:New_Deal_era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United States v. Erie Railroad Co.
gptkbp:impact federal regulatory agencies
transportation industry regulations
railroad industry practices
gptkbp:involved_parties gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Erie_Railroad_Company
gptkbp:is_cited_in 250 U. S. 98
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_Frank_Murphy
gptkb:Justice_William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Chief_Justice_Harlan_F._Stone
gptkb:Justice_Felix_Frankfurter
gptkb:Justice_Hugo_Black
gptkb:Justice_Jackson
gptkb:Justice_Stanley_Reed
gptkbp:jurisdiction federal jurisdiction
gptkbp:legal_issue interstate commerce
gptkbp:legal_outcome expanded federal regulatory power
gptkbp:legal_principle federal supremacy
gptkbp:legal_representation gptkb:Police_Department
Erie Railroad's legal counsel
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Interstate_Commerce_Act
gptkb:Railroad_Retirement_Act
gptkbp:outcome favor of United States
gptkbp:precedent subsequent cases on interstate commerce
gptkbp:related_cases gptkb:United_States_v._New_York_Central_Railroad_Co.
gptkb:Southern_Railway_Co._v._United_States
gptkbp:significance impact on federal regulation of railroads
gptkbp:year 1941
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Taft_Court
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4