Railroad regulation: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Railroad regulation,” part of the Economic Activity area.

Legal provisions most often involved

All 47 decisions, newest first

• Dot v. Ass'n of Am. R.R.
  575 U.S. 43Decided March 9, 20159–0Anthony M. Kennedy
• Norfolk & Western Railway Company v. American Train Dispatchers' Association
  499 U.S. 117Decided March 19, 19917–2Anthony M. Kennedy
• Interstate Commerce Commission v. Texas
  479 U.S. 450Decided January 20, 19879–0John Paul Stevens
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Atchison
  470 U.S. 451Decided March 18, 19858–0Thurgood Marshall
• Southern Pacific Transportation Co. v. Commercial Metals Co.
  456 U.S. 336Decided April 27, 19829–0Harry A. Blackmun
• Ralston Purina Co. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co.
  426 U.S. 476Decided June 14, 19768–0Per curiam
• Interstate Commerce Commission v. Oregon Pacific Industries, Inc.
  420 U.S. 184Decided February 19, 19759–0William O. Douglas
• National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. National Association of Railroad Passengers
  414 U.S. 453Decided January 9, 19747–1Potter Stewart
• Atchison v. Wichita Board of Trade
  412 U.S. 800Decided June 18, 19735–3Thurgood Marshall
• United States v. Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corp.
  406 U.S. 742Decided June 7, 19729–0William H. Rehnquist
• Norfolk & Western Railroad Co. v. Nemitz
  404 U.S. 37Decided November 15, 19714–3William O. Douglas
• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. v. Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad Co.
  393 U.S. 87Decided November 12, 19689–0William O. Douglas
• American Commercial Lines, Inc. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co.
  392 U.S. 571Decided June 17, 19688–1Thurgood Marshall
• Interstate Commerce Commission v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.
  383 U.S. 576Decided March 22, 19668–0Byron R. White
• Western Pacific Railroad Co. v. United States
  382 U.S. 237Decided December 7, 19658–1Potter Stewart
• Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. Chicago
  380 U.S. 448Decided April 5, 19659–0Per curiam
• A. L. Mechling Barge Lines, Inc. v. United States
  376 U.S. 375Decided March 23, 19649–0Tom C. Clark
• Interstate Commerce Commission v. New York
  372 U.S. 744Decided April 22, 19639–0John M. Harlan II
• Arrow Transportation Co. v. Southern Railway Co.
  372 U.S. 658Decided April 15, 19636–3William J. Brennan Jr.
• New Jersey v. New York
  372 U.S. 1Decided February 18, 19639–0Earl Warren
• Chicago v. United States
  366 U.S. 745Decided June 5, 19616–2Tom C. Clark
• H. K. Porter Co., Inc. v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.
  366 U.S. 272Decided May 22, 19619–0Hugo L. Black
• Union Pacific Railroad Co. v. United States
  362 U.S. 327Decided April 4, 19609–0Per curiam
• United States v. Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co.
  361 U.S. 78Decided November 9, 19599–0William O. Douglas
• Boston & Maine Railroad v. United States
  358 U.S. 68Decided November 17, 19589–0Per curiam
• Alleghany Corporation v. Breswick & Co.
  355 U.S. 415Decided January 27, 19586–3Per curiam
• Chicago v. Illinois
  355 U.S. 300Decided January 13, 19589–0William J. Brennan Jr.
• California v. Taylor
  353 U.S. 553Decided June 3, 19578–0Harold H. Burton
• Alleghany Corporation v. Breswick & Co.
  353 U.S. 151Decided April 22, 19575–3Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. Interstate Commerce Commission
  352 U.S. 158Decided December 17, 19566–2Stanley F. Reed
• Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co. v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
  351 U.S. 321Decided June 11, 19567–2Hugo L. Black
• Dixie Carriers, Inc. v. United States
  351 U.S. 56Decided April 23, 19569–0William O. Douglas
• Secretary of Agriculture v. United States
  347 U.S. 645Decided June 7, 19545–3Felix Frankfurter
• Thompson v. United States
  343 U.S. 549Decided June 2, 19529–0Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. Great Northern Railway Co.
  343 U.S. 562Decided June 2, 19529–0Fred M. Vinson
• Swift & Company v. United States
  343 U.S. 373Decided May 5, 19526–3Sherman Minton
• Railway Labor Executives' Association v. United States
  339 U.S. 142Decided March 27, 19504–3Harold H. Burton
• United States v. Jones
  336 U.S. 641Decided April 18, 19497–0Wiley B. Rutledge
• Chicago v. Acme Fast Freight, Inc.
  336 U.S. 465Decided April 4, 19496–3Fred M. Vinson
• Ayrshire Collieries Corp. v. United States
  335 U.S. 573Decided January 3, 19499–0William O. Douglas
• United States v. South Buffalo Railway Co.
  333 U.S. 771Decided April 26, 19485–4Robert H. Jackson
• United States v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.
  333 U.S. 169Decided March 8, 19488–1Hugo L. Black
• New York v. United States
  331 U.S. 284Decided May 12, 19477–2William O. Douglas
• United States v. Powell
  330 U.S. 238Decided March 3, 19478–1William O. Douglas
• Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States
  330 U.S. 248Decided March 3, 19479–0William O. Douglas
• Krug v. Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Co.
  329 U.S. 591Decided February 3, 19479–0Hugo L. Black
• Insurance Group Committee v. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co.
  329 U.S. 607Decided February 3, 19478–1Stanley F. Reed

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error