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MAYNARD v. DURHAM & SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. (1961)
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| MAYNARD v. DURHAM & SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. |
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| Term: 1960 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 12, 1961 |
| Decided: February 20, 1961 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 6-3 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren |
| Dissenting |
| Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker |
MAYNARD v. DURHAM & SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1961. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1961.
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina State Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.
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: 365 U.S. 160
- 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 Douglas
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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