POFF, EXECUTRIX, v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. (1946) - Ballotpedia

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POFF, EXECUTRIX, v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO.

Term: 1945
Important Dates
Argued: February 1, 1946
Decided: February 25, 1946
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter

POFF, EXECUTRIX, v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1946. The case was argued before the court on February 1, 1946.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Eastern U.S. District 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: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 327 U.S. 399
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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