PANAMA RAILROAD COMPANY v. TOPPIN (1920)

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PANAMA RAILROAD COMPANY v. TOPPIN
Term: 1919
Important Dates
Argued: January 16, 1920
Decided: March 15, 1920
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisJohn Hessin ClarkeWilliam Rufus DayOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaJames Clark McReynoldsMahlon PitneyWillis Van DevanterEdward Douglass White

PANAMA RAILROAD COMPANY v. TOPPIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 15, 1920. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 1920.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. District Court for the Canal Zone.

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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: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 252 U.S. 308
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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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