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FERRY v. RAMSEY et al. (1928)
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| FERRY v. RAMSEY et al. |
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| Term: 1927 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: April 25, 1928 |
| Decided: May 14, 1928 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 6-3 |
| Majority |
| Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Harlan Fiske Stone • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
| Dissenting |
| Pierce Butler • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland |
FERRY v. RAMSEY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1928. The case was argued before the court on April 25, 1928.
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas State Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
- Petitioner: Management, executive officer, or director, of business entity
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 277 U.S. 88
- 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: William Howard Taft
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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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