NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY CO. v. LIEPELT, ADMINISTRATRIX (1980)

NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY CO. v. LIEPELT, ADMINISTRATRIX
	Term: 1979
Important Dates
	Argued: November 5, 1979
	Decided: February 19, 1980
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	William Brennan • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall

NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY CO. v. LIEPELT, ADMINISTRATRIX is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 1980. The case was argued before the court on November 5, 1979.

In a 7-2 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 Illinois State Trial 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: 444 U.S. 490
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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.