TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. HARVEY (1913)

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TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. HARVEY |
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Term: 1912 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 20, 1913 |
Decided: April 14, 1913 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. HARVEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 14, 1913. The case was argued before the court on March 20, 1913.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Texas.
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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: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 228 U.S. 319
- 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: William Rufus Day
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
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- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
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