ANDREWS, ADMINISTRATRIX OF ANDREWS, v. VIRGINIAN RAILWAY COMPANY (1919)

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ANDREWS, ADMINISTRATRIX OF ANDREWS, v. VIRGINIAN RAILWAY COMPANY
Term: 1918
Important Dates
Argued: December 16, 1918
Decided: January 7, 1919
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
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

ANDREWS, ADMINISTRATRIX OF ANDREWS, v. VIRGINIAN RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 7, 1919. The case was argued before the court on December 16, 1918.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Virginia State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 248 U.S. 272
  • 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.

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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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