LILLY v. GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD CO. (1943) - Ballotpedia

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LILLY v. GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD CO.

Term: 1942
Important Dates
Argued: December 8, 1942
Decided: January 11, 1943
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Concurring
Felix Frankfurter

LILLY v. GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 11, 1943. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1942.

In an 8-0 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 Illinois 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: 317 U.S. 481
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Frank Murphy

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

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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