MOORE v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. (1941)

| MOORE v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. |
|---|
| Term: 1940 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 12, 1941 |
| Decided: March 31, 1941 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Douglas • Charles Evans Hughes • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone |
| Concurring |
| Felix Frankfurter |
MOORE v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 31, 1941. The case was argued before the court on March 12, 1941.
In an 8-0 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 Mississippi Southern U.S. District 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: 312 U.S. 630
- 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: Hugo Black
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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