BYRD v. BLUE RIDGE RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. (1958)

BYRD v. BLUE RIDGE RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
	Term: 1957
Important Dates
	Argued: January 28, 1958
	Decided: May 19, 1958
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Brennan • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren
Dissenting
	Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker

BYRD v. BLUE RIDGE RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 1958. The case was argued before the court on January 28, 1958.

In a 6-3 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 South Carolina Western U.S. District 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: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 356 U.S. 525
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: William Brennan

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.