DENNIS v. DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD CO. (1963) - Ballotpedia

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DENNIS v. DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD CO.

Term: 1963
Important Dates
Argued: November 19, 1963
Decided: December 9, 1963
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • Arthur Goldberg • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas • John Harlan II

DENNIS v. DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 9, 1963. The case was argued before the court on November 19, 1963.

In a 7-2 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 Utah 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: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 375 U.S. 208
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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External links

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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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