TIPTON v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY CO. (1936) - Ballotpedia

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TIPTON v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY CO.

Term: 1935
Important Dates
Argued: March 31, 1936
Decided: April 27, 1936
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Concurring
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo

TIPTON v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 27, 1936. The case was argued before the court on March 31, 1936.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Southern U.S. District 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: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 298 U.S. 141
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Owen Josephus Roberts

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 conservative.

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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