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SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. JENSEN

Term: 1916
Important Dates
Argued: February 28, 1916
Decided: May 21, 1917
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
William Rufus Day • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Mahlon Pitney

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. JENSEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 1917. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 1916.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York 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: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 244 U.S. 205
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 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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