LEWIS et al., TRUSTEES, v. BENEDICT COAL CORP. (1960) - Ballotpedia

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LEWIS et al., TRUSTEES, v. BENEDICT COAL CORP.

Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: October 21, 1959
Decided: February 23, 1960
Outcome
Vacated
Vote
7-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Felix Frankfurter

LEWIS et al., TRUSTEES, v. BENEDICT COAL CORP. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1960. The case was argued before the court on October 21, 1959.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee Eastern U.S. District 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: Employer-employee trust agreement, employee health and welfare fund, or multi-employer pension plan
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Coal company or coal mine operator
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 361 U.S. 459
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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.

See also

External links

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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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