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ACCARDI et al. v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. (1966)

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ACCARDI et al. v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO.
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: January 20, 1966
Decided: February 28, 1966
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White

ACCARDI et al. v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 28, 1966. The case was argued before the court on January 20, 1966.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: veteran
  • Petitioner: Retired or former employee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 383 U.S. 225
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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