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SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY v. BYERS

Term: 1915
Important Dates
Decided: April 3, 1916
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-0
Majority
Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Concurring
Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna

SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY v. BYERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 3, 1916.

In a 7-0 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 North Carolina State Trial 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: Trucking company, or motor carrier
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 240 U.S. 612
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: James Clark McReynolds

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.

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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