NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. FREEMAN AYERS et al. (2003) - Ballotpedia

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NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. FREEMAN AYERS et al.

Term: 2002
Important Dates
Argued: November 6, 2002
Decided: March 10, 2003
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist

NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. FREEMAN AYERS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 2003. The case was argued before the court on November 6, 2002.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the West Virginia State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 538 U.S. 135
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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