UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. v. PRICE (1959) - Ballotpedia

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UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. v. PRICE

Term: 1958
Important Dates
Argued: March 31, 1959
Decided: June 29, 1959
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Earl Warren

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. v. PRICE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 29, 1959. The case was argued before the court on March 31, 1959.

In a 6-3 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 Nevada U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 360 U.S. 601
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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

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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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