1910's Law and Justice | Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. U.S.

Supreme Court decision

By: Charles Evans Hughes

Date: June 8, 1914

Source: Hughes, Charles Evans. Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. United States, 234 U.S. 342 (1914). Available online at http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/us/234/342.html; website home page: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com (accessed January 22, 2003).

About the Author: Charles Evans Hughes (1862–1948), born in New York, is one of the few U.S. Supreme Court justices to join the Court twice. After serving as governor of New York starting in 1906, President William Howard Taft (served 1909–1913) appointed Hughes to the Supreme Court in 1910. He left the Court to run unsuccessfully for president against Woodrow Wilson (served 1913–1921) in 1916. He served as secretary of state under Warren...