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FARRUGIA v. PHILADELPHIA & READING RAILWAY COMPANY (1914)
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| FARRUGIA v. PHILADELPHIA & READING RAILWAY COMPANY |
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| Term: 1913 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 2, 1914 |
| Decided: April 13, 1914 |
| Outcome |
| Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
FARRUGIA v. PHILADELPHIA & READING RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 13, 1914. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1914.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern 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: Railroad
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 233 U.S. 352
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Willis Van Devanter
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.
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