PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. JONES. (1894)

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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. JONES.
Term: 1894
Important Dates
Argued: October 26, 1894
Decided: December 10, 1894
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. JONES. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 1894. The case was argued before the court on October 26, 1894.

In an 8-0 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 Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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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: 155 U.S. 333
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: George Shiras

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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