DAVIS v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON (1942)

DAVIS v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
	Term: 1942
Important Dates
	Argued: November 18, 1942
	Decided: December 14, 1942
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts
Concurring
	Felix Frankfurter
Dissenting
	Harlan Fiske Stone

DAVIS v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 14, 1942. The case was argued before the court on November 18, 1942.

In a 7-1 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 Washington 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: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State department or agency
Respondent state: Washington
Citation: 317 U.S. 249
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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.