PULLMAN COMPANY et al. v. JENKINS et al. (1939) - Ballotpedia

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PULLMAN COMPANY et al. v. JENKINS et al.

Term: 1938
Important Dates
Argued: December 13, 1938
Decided: January 16, 1939
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Stanley Reed • Harlan Fiske Stone
Concurring
Hugo Black

PULLMAN COMPANY et al. v. JENKINS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 16, 1939. The case was argued before the court on December 13, 1938.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 305 U.S. 534
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Evans Hughes

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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