EDWARDS v. PACIFIC FRUIT EXPRESS CO. (1968)

EDWARDS v. PACIFIC FRUIT EXPRESS CO.
	Term: 1967
Important Dates
	Argued: March 14, 1968
	Decided: April 8, 1968
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

EDWARDS v. PACIFIC FRUIT EXPRESS CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 8, 1968. The case was argued before the court on March 14, 1968.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District 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: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 390 U.S. 538
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
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 conservative.