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BASHAM v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. (1963)

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BASHAM v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO.
Term: 1962
Important Dates
Argued: March 19, 1963
Decided: April 15, 1963
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
John Harlan II

BASHAM v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 15, 1963. The case was argued before the court on March 19, 1963.

In an 8-1 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 New York State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Sufficiency of evidence: typically in the context of a jury's determination of compensation for injury or death
  • Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 372 U.S. 699
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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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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