SPILLER v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY (1920)

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SPILLER v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY |
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Term: 1919 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 15, 1920 |
Decided: May 17, 1920 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
SPILLER v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 17, 1920. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1920.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri Western U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
- Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Railroad
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 253 U.S. 117
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- 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: Mahlon Pitney
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 unspecifiable.
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