United States v. Southern Pacific Company

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf court case
gptkbp:applicationNumber No. 1, 1886
gptkbp:citedBy 118 U.S. 394
gptkbp:court gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
1886
gptkbp:filedIn December 1885
gptkbp:historicalContext Gilded Age America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United States v. Southern Pacific Company
gptkbp:impact influenced future tax legislation
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.
gptkb:Justice_William_B._Woods
gptkb:Justice_John_M._Harlan
gptkb:Justice_Samuel_F._Miller
gptkb:Justice_Rufus_W._Peckham
gptkb:Justice_Joseph_P._Bradley
gptkb:Justice_Edward_D._White
gptkb:Justice_Stephen_J._Field
gptkb:Justice_William_J._Brennan
gptkb:Chief_Justice_Morrison_Waite
gptkb:Justice_David_J._Brewer
gptkbp:jurisdiction federal jurisdiction
gptkbp:legalStatus taxation of railroad companies
tax exemption for certain railroad properties
post-Civil_War_economic_policies
United_States_represented_by_Attorney_General
Southern_Pacific_Company_represented_by_Walter_Jones
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Interstate_Commerce_Act
gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act
Railroad Act of 1862
Revenue Act of 1864
gptkbp:outcome Supreme_Court_ruled_in_favor_of_Southern_Pacific_Company
gptkbp:precedent corporate personhood
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:United_States_v._Southern_Pacific_Company_(1890)
gptkb:United_States_v._Great_Northern_Railway_Company
gptkb:United_States_v._Southern_Pacific_Railroad_Company
gptkb:United_States_v._Baltimore_&_Ohio_Railroad_Company
gptkb:Northern_Securities_Co._v._United_States
gptkb:United_States_v._Southern_Railway_Company
gptkb:United_States_v._Pennsylvania_Railroad_Company
gptkb:United_States_v._Chicago,_Burlington_&_Quincy_Railroad_Company
gptkb:United_States_v._Erie_Railroad_Company
gptkb:United_States_v._Union_Pacific_Railroad_Company
gptkb:United_States_v._New_York_Central_Railroad_Company
gptkb:United_States_v._Chicago,_Rock_Island_and_Pacific_Railway_Company
gptkb:Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway_Co._v._United_States
gptkb:Santa_Clara_County_v._Southern_Pacific_Railroad_Company
gptkbp:significance established precedent for taxation of corporations