JAMES STEWART & CO. v. SADRAKULA, ADMINISTRATRIX (1940)
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| JAMES STEWART & CO. v. SADRAKULA, ADMINISTRATRIX |
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| Term: 1939 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 12, 1940 |
| Decided: January 29, 1940 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone |
JAMES STEWART & CO. v. SADRAKULA, ADMINISTRATRIX is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 29, 1940. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1940.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial 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: Government contractor
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 309 U.S. 94
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed
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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