TROXELL, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY (1913)

TROXELL, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY
	Term: 1912
Important Dates
	Argued: January 14, 1913
	Decided: February 24, 1913
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Concurring
	Horace Harmon Lurton

TROXELL, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1913. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1913.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern 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: 227 U.S. 434
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.