AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY v. UNITED STATES HORSE SHOE COMPANY (1917)

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY v. UNITED STATES HORSE SHOE COMPANY
	Term: 1916
Important Dates
	Argued: April 30, 1917
	Decided: May 21, 1917
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY v. UNITED STATES HORSE SHOE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 1917. The case was argued before the court on April 30, 1917.

In a 9-0 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 Pennsylvania State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: Trucking company, or motor carrier
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 244 U.S. 58
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Douglass White

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 conservative.