MINNIE v. PORT HURON TERMINAL CO. et al. (1935)

MINNIE v. PORT HURON TERMINAL CO. et al.
	Term: 1934
Important Dates
	Argued: April 12, 1935
	Decided: June 3, 1935
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

MINNIE v. PORT HURON TERMINAL CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 3, 1935. The case was argued before the court on April 12, 1935.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan State Supreme 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: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 295 U.S. 647
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Evans Hughes

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.