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GREEN v. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY RAILWAY COMPANY (1907)

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GREEN v. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY RAILWAY COMPANY
Term: 1906
Important Dates
Decided: April 29, 1907
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaWilliam Henry MoodyRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

GREEN v. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 29, 1907.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Pennsylvania.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
  • Petitioner: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 205 U.S. 530
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Henry Moody

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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