CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. BASHAM, ADMINISTRATOR OF SPELLMAN (1919)

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CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. BASHAM, ADMINISTRATOR OF SPELLMAN |
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Term: 1918 |
Important Dates |
Decided: March 3, 1919 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
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 |
CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. BASHAM, ADMINISTRATOR OF SPELLMAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1919.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Iowa State Trial 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: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 249 U.S. 164
- 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: Mahlon Pitney
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.
See also
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- Supreme Court of the United States
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