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LEE v. CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY (1923)
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| LEE v. CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY |
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| Term: 1922 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 5, 1923 |
| Decided: January 22, 1923 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
LEE v. CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 22, 1923. The case was argued before the court on January 5, 1923.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky Eastern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
- Petitioner: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Railroad
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 260 U.S. 653
- 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: William Howard Taft
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Willis Van Devanter
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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