PHILADELPHIA & READING RAILWAY COMPANY v. HANCOCK (1920)

PHILADELPHIA & READING RAILWAY COMPANY v. HANCOCK
	Term: 1919
Important Dates
	Argued: March 2, 1920
	Decided: June 1, 1920
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	John Hessin Clarke

PHILADELPHIA & READING RAILWAY COMPANY v. HANCOCK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1920. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1920.

In an 8-1 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 Pennsylvania 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: 253 U.S. 284
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: James Clark McReynolds

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.