RAILROAD COMPANY v. GLADMON (1873)

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RAILROAD COMPANY v. GLADMON |
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Term: 1872 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 8, 1873 |
Decided: January 20, 1873 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne |
RAILROAD COMPANY v. GLADMON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 20, 1873. The case was argued before the court on January 8, 1873.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Sufficiency of evidence: typically in the context of a jury's determination of compensation for injury or death
- Petitioner: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Father
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 82 U.S. 401
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Salmon Portland Chase
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Ward Hunt
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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