SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY v. LORICK (1917) - Ballotpedia

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SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY v. LORICK

Term: 1916
Important Dates
Argued: April 10, 1917
Decided: April 23, 1917
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
James Clark McReynolds • Willis Van Devanter

SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY v. LORICK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 23, 1917. The case was argued before the court on April 10, 1917.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Carolina State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 243 U.S. 572
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: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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