GRUNENTHAL v. LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD CO. (1968)

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GRUNENTHAL v. LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD CO. |
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Term: 1968 |
Important Dates |
Argued: October 24, 1968 |
Decided: November 18, 1968 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
7-2 |
Majority |
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Thurgood Marshall • Earl Warren • Byron White |
Dissenting |
John Harlan II • Potter Stewart |
GRUNENTHAL v. LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 18, 1968. The case was argued before the court on October 24, 1968.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Sufficiency of evidence: typically in the context of a jury's determination of compensation for injury or death
- Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Railroad
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 393 U.S. 156
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan
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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