KINZELL v. CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY (1919)

KINZELL v. CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY
	Term: 1918
Important Dates
	Argued: April 15, 1919
	Decided: May 19, 1919
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

KINZELL v. CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 1919. The case was argued before the court on April 15, 1919.

In a 9-0 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 Idaho 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: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 250 U.S. 130
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Hessin Clarke

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.