ARIZONA EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY CASES (1919)

ARIZONA EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY CASES
	Term: 1918
Important Dates
	Argued: January 25, 1918
	Decided: June 9, 1919
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Mahlon Pitney
Concurring
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • Oliver Wendell Holmes
Dissenting
	Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

ARIZONA EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY CASES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 1919. The case was argued before the court on January 25, 1918.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arizona 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: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 250 U.S. 400
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: Mahlon Pitney

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.