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RAGAN v. MERCHANTS TRANSFER & WAREHOUSE CO. (1949)
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| RAGAN v. MERCHANTS TRANSFER & WAREHOUSE CO. |
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| Term: 1948 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: April 20, 1949 |
| Decided: June 20, 1949 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 8-1 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson |
| Dissenting |
| Wiley Rutledge |
RAGAN v. MERCHANTS TRANSFER & WAREHOUSE CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 20, 1949. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1949.
In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas Kansas U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Federalism - miscellaneous federalism
- Petitioner: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Trucking company, or motor carrier
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 337 U.S. 530
- 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: 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 conservative.
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