RICHARDSON v. HARMON, RECEIVER OF THE TOLEDO TERMINAL AND RAILWAY COMPANY (1911)

RICHARDSON v. HARMON, RECEIVER OF THE TOLEDO TERMINAL AND RAILWAY COMPANY
	Term: 1911
Important Dates
	Argued: April 25, 1911
	Decided: November 20, 1911
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

RICHARDSON v. HARMON, RECEIVER OF THE TOLEDO TERMINAL AND RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 20, 1911. The case was argued before the court on April 25, 1911.

In an 8-0 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 Ohio Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 222 U.S. 96
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Horace Harmon Lurton

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.