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MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. BOONE (1926)

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MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. BOONE |
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Term: 1925 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 29, 1926 |
Decided: March 22, 1926 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. BOONE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 22, 1926. The case was argued before the court on January 29, 1926.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri 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: Bus or motorized passenger transportation vehicle
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 270 U.S. 466
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Louis Dembitz Brandeis
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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