CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY v. MCLAUGHLIN (1916) - Ballotpedia

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CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY v. MCLAUGHLIN

Term: 1916
Important Dates
Argued: November 14, 1916
Decided: December 4, 1916
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
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

CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY v. MCLAUGHLIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 4, 1916. The case was argued before the court on November 14, 1916.

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 West Virginia State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 242 U.S. 142
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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 unspecifiable.

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External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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