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MINNEAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY v. WINTERS (1917)

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MINNEAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY v. WINTERS
Term: 1916
Important Dates
Argued: December 5, 1916
Decided: January 8, 1917
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisJohn Hessin ClarkeWilliam Rufus DayOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaJames Clark McReynoldsMahlon PitneyWillis Van DevanterEdward Douglass White

MINNEAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY v. WINTERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 8, 1917. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1916.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota 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: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 242 U.S. 353
  • 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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.

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