BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY et al. v. LEACH (1919)

BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY et al. v. LEACH
	Term: 1918
Important Dates
	Argued: January 15, 1919
	Decided: March 10, 1919
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Concurring
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Mahlon Pitney
Dissenting
	John Hessin Clarke • Joseph McKenna

BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY et al. v. LEACH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1919. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1919.

In a 7-2 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 Kentucky 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: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 249 U.S. 217
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: James Clark McReynolds

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.