REYNOLDS, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD CO. (1949)

REYNOLDS, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD CO.
	Term: 1948
Important Dates
	Argued: January 10, 1949
	Decided: February 14, 1949
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge

REYNOLDS, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 14, 1949. The case was argued before the court on January 10, 1949.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama State Trial Court.

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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: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 336 U.S. 207
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.