CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION v. JAMES E. GOTTSHALL (1994)

CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION v. JAMES E. GOTTSHALL
	Term: 1993
Important Dates
	Argued: February 28, 1994
	Decided: June 24, 1994
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
	David Souter
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Paul Stevens

CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION v. JAMES E. GOTTSHALL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 1994. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 1994.

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 Pennsylvania Eastern 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: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 512 U.S. 532
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Clarence Thomas

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 conservative.