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SHENKER v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. (1963)
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| SHENKER v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. |
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| Term: 1962 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: April 17, 1963 |
| Decided: June 10, 1963 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 6-3 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren • Byron White |
| Dissenting |
| Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart |
SHENKER v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 10, 1963. The case was argued before the court on April 17, 1963.
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Western U.S. District 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: Railroad
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 374 U.S. 1
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Earl Warren
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 liberal.
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