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NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD CO. v. HENAGAN (1960)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD CO. v. HENAGAN
Term: 1960
Important Dates
Argued: November 8, 1960
Decided: November 21, 1960
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
William BrennanTom ClarkJohn Harlan IIPotter StewartEarl WarrenCharles Whittaker
Dissenting
Hugo BlackWilliam DouglasFelix Frankfurter

NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD CO. v. HENAGAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 21, 1960. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1960.

In a 6-3 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 Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Sufficiency of evidence: typically in the context of a jury's determination of compensation for injury or death
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 364 U.S. 441
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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