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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. v. CHAMBERLAIN, ADMINISTRATRIX (1933)

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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. v. CHAMBERLAIN, ADMINISTRATRIX
Term: 1932
Important Dates
Argued: January 19, 1933
Decided: February 13, 1933
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisPierce ButlerCharles Evans HughesJames Clark McReynoldsOwen Josephus RobertsGeorge SutherlandWillis Van Devanter
Concurring
Benjamin Nathan CardozoHarlan Fiske Stone

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. v. CHAMBERLAIN, ADMINISTRATRIX is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 13, 1933. The case was argued before the court on January 19, 1933.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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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: 288 U.S. 333
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: George Sutherland

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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