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DICE v. AKRON, CANTON & YOUNGSTOWN RAILROAD CO.

Term: 1951
Important Dates
Argued: January 7, 1952
Decided: February 4, 1952
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Sherman Minton • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed

DICE v. AKRON, CANTON & YOUNGSTOWN RAILROAD CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 4, 1952. The case was argued before the court on January 7, 1952.

In a 9-0 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 Ohio State Trial 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: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 342 U.S. 359
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
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.

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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