STEWART v. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY (1897)

STEWART v. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY
	Term: 1897
Important Dates
	Argued: November 8, 1897
	Decided: December 6, 1897
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

STEWART v. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 6, 1897. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1897.

In an 8-0 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 Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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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: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 168 U.S. 445
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: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: David Josiah Brewer

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.