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JESIONOWSKI, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD (1947)
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| JESIONOWSKI, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD |
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| Term: 1946 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: December 16, 1946 |
| Decided: January 13, 1947 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 6-3 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson |
| Dissenting |
| Harold Burton • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed |
JESIONOWSKI, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 1947. The case was argued before the court on December 16, 1946.
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts Massachusetts 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: 329 U.S. 452
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black
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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