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GEORGIA v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. et al. (1945)

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GEORGIA v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. et al.
Term: 1944
Important Dates
Argued: January 2, 1945
Decided: March 26, 1945
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge
Dissenting
Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

GEORGIA v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 26, 1945. The case was argued before the court on January 2, 1945.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court's original jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Georgia
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 324 U.S. 439
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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