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RANDALL v. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY (1883)

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RANDALL v. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY |
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Term: 1883 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 16, 1883 |
Decided: December 10, 1883 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods |
RANDALL v. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 1883. The case was argued before the court on November 16, 1883.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the West Virginia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of West Virginia.
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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: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Railroad
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 109 U.S. 478
- 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: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Horace Gray
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
- 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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