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KELLEY v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.

Term: 1974
Important Dates
Argued: October 22, 1974
Decided: December 23, 1974
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
Potter Stewart
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • William Douglas

KELLEY v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 23, 1974. The case was argued before the court on October 22, 1974.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California Northern 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: 419 U.S. 318
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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