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BOEHMER v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY (1920)

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BOEHMER v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY |
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Term: 1919 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 10, 1920 |
Decided: April 19, 1920 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
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 |
BOEHMER v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 19, 1920. The case was argued before the court on March 10, 1920.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Western U.S. District 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: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Railroad
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 252 U.S. 496
- 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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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