MILES et al. v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. (1942)
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| MILES et al. v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. |
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| Term: 1941 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: February 10, 1942 |
| Decided: March 30, 1942 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed |
| Concurring |
| Robert Jackson |
| Dissenting |
| James Byrnes • Felix Frankfurter • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone |
MILES et al. v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 30, 1942. The case was argued before the court on February 10, 1942.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee 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: 315 U.S. 698
- 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: Stanley Reed
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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