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CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY COMPANY v. DETTLEBACH (1916)

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CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY COMPANY v. DETTLEBACH |
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Term: 1915 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 29, 1915 |
Decided: January 10, 1916 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
7-0 |
Majority |
William Rufus Day • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY COMPANY v. DETTLEBACH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 1916. The case was argued before the court on November 29, 1915.
In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
- Petitioner: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 239 U.S. 588
- 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 unspecifiable.
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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