GEORGE N. PIERCE COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. WELLS, FARGO & COMPANY (1915)

GEORGE N. PIERCE COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. WELLS, FARGO & COMPANY
	Term: 1914
Important Dates
	Argued: December 8, 1913
	Decided: February 23, 1915
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Mahlon Pitney

GEORGE N. PIERCE COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. WELLS, FARGO & COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1915. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1913.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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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: Auto manufacturer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 236 U.S. 278
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: William Rufus Day

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.