MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. VREELAND (1913)

MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. VREELAND
	Term: 1912
Important Dates
	Argued: December 4, 1912
	Decided: January 20, 1913
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Concurring
	Oliver Wendell Holmes

MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. VREELAND is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 20, 1913. The case was argued before the court on December 4, 1912.

In a 9-0 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 Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.

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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: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 227 U.S. 59
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: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Horace Harmon Lurton

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 conservative.