PILLSBURY ET AL., DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS, v. UNITED ENGINEERING CO. ET AL. (1952)

PILLSBURY ET AL., DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS, v. UNITED ENGINEERING CO. ET AL.
	Term: 1951
Important Dates
	Argued: December 6, 1951
	Decided: January 2, 1952
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas

PILLSBURY ET AL., DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS, v. UNITED ENGINEERING CO. ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 2, 1952. The case was argued before the court on December 6, 1951.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
Petitioner: U.S. Employees' Compensation Commission, or Commissioner
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 342 U.S. 197
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Sherman Minton

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