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ECKENRODE, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. (1948)

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ECKENRODE, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. |
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Term: 1948 |
Important Dates |
Argued: October 22, 1948 |
Decided: November 15, 1948 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
5-4 |
Majority |
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson |
Dissenting |
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge |
ECKENRODE, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 15, 1948. The case was argued before the court on October 22, 1948.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.
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: 335 U.S. 329
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- 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 conservative.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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