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INMAN v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. (1959)
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| INMAN v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. |
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| Term: 1959 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 12, 1959 |
| Decided: December 14, 1959 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Tom Clark • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart |
| Concurring |
| Felix Frankfurter • Charles Whittaker |
| Dissenting |
| Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Earl Warren |
INMAN v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 14, 1959. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1959.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio State Trial 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: 361 U.S. 138
- 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: Tom Clark
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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