REID v. FARGO, AS PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY (1916)

REID v. FARGO, AS PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
	Term: 1915
Important Dates
	Argued: March 13, 1916
	Decided: June 12, 1916
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-0
Majority
	Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

REID v. FARGO, AS PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 12, 1916. The case was argued before the court on March 13, 1916.

In a 6-0 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 New York Southern U.S. District 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: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 241 U.S. 544
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: Edward Douglass White

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.