PRYOR et al., RECEIVERS OF THE WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY, v. WILLIAMS (1920)

PRYOR et al., RECEIVERS OF THE WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY, v. WILLIAMS
	Term: 1920
Important Dates
	Argued: October 8, 1920
	Decided: November 8, 1920
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

PRYOR et al., RECEIVERS OF THE WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY, v. WILLIAMS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 8, 1920. The case was argued before the court on October 8, 1920.

In a 9-0 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 Missouri 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: Person who guarantees another's obligations
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 254 U.S. 43
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: Joseph McKenna

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.