BURNETT v. NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. (1965)

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BURNETT v. NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD CO.
Term: 1964
Important Dates
Argued: March 11, 1965
Decided: April 5, 1965
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas

BURNETT v. NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 5, 1965. The case was argued before the court on March 11, 1965.

In a 9-0 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 Ohio Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
  • Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 380 U.S. 424
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Arthur Goldberg

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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