JONES v. EAST TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY (1895)

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JONES v. EAST TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY
Term: 1894
Important Dates
Argued: April 4, 1895
Decided: April 8, 1895
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

JONES v. EAST TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 8, 1895. The case was argued before the court on April 4, 1895.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Civil procedure
  • Petitioner: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 157 U.S. 682
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller

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 unspecifiable.

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