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CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., PETITIONER v. ROBERT MCBRIDE

Term: 2010
Important Dates
Argued: March 28, 2011
Decided: June 23, 2011
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia

CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., PETITIONER v. ROBERT MCBRIDE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 2011. The case was argued before the court on March 28, 2011.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Southern 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: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 564 U.S. 685
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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

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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