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MEXICAN LIGHT & POWER CO., LTD. v. TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY CO. (1947)
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| MEXICAN LIGHT & POWER CO., LTD. v. TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY CO. |
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| Term: 1946 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: February 6, 1947 |
| Decided: June 16, 1947 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge |
| Dissenting |
| Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson |
MEXICAN LIGHT & POWER CO., LTD. v. TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 16, 1947. The case was argued before the court on February 6, 1947.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas 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: Buyer, purchaser
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Railroad
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 331 U.S. 731
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter
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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