JACOB v. NEW YORK CITY (1942)

JACOB v. NEW YORK CITY
	Term: 1941
Important Dates
	Argued: March 6, 1942
	Decided: March 30, 1942
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Hugo Black • James Byrnes • William Douglas • Frank Murphy
Concurring
	Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson
Dissenting
	Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

JACOB v. NEW YORK CITY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 30, 1942. The case was argued before the court on March 6, 1942.

In a 6-3 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 - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 315 U.S. 752
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: Frank Murphy

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.