JOHN BAIZLEY IRON WORKS et al. v. SPAN (1930)

JOHN BAIZLEY IRON WORKS et al. v. SPAN
	Term: 1929
Important Dates
	Argued: January 8, 1930
	Decided: April 14, 1930
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-3
Majority
	Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Harlan Fiske Stone

JOHN BAIZLEY IRON WORKS et al. v. SPAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 14, 1930. The case was argued before the court on January 8, 1930.

In a 5-3 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 Pennsylvania 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: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 281 U.S. 222
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: James Clark McReynolds

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.