NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. TIMOTHY SORRELL (2007) - Ballotpedia

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NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. TIMOTHY SORRELL

Term: 2006
Important Dates
Argued: October 10, 2006
Decided: January 10, 2007
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Samuel Alito • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Antonin Scalia • David Souter

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. TIMOTHY SORRELL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 2007. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 2006.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. 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: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 549 U.S. 158
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Roberts

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.

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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