ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN & SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. WILLIAMS et al. (1919)

ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN & SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. WILLIAMS et al.
	Term: 1919
Important Dates
	Argued: November 11, 1919
	Decided: December 8, 1919
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	James Clark McReynolds

ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN & SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. WILLIAMS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 8, 1919. The case was argued before the court on November 11, 1919.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arkansas 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: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 251 U.S. 63
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: Willis Van Devanter

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.