ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY v. WELLS et al. (1924) - Ballotpedia

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ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY v. WELLS et al.

Term: 1923
Important Dates
Argued: April 23, 1924
Decided: May 12, 1924
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY v. WELLS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 12, 1924. The case was argued before the court on April 23, 1924.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Debtors' rights
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 265 U.S. 101
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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