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STEELE v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO. et al.

Term: 1944
Important Dates
Argued: November 14, 1944
Decided: December 18, 1944
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone
Concurring
Hugo Black • Frank Murphy

STEELE v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 18, 1944. The case was argued before the court on November 14, 1944.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - employment discrimination: on basis of race, age, religion, illegitimacy, national origin, or working conditions.
Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 323 U.S. 192
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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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