VANDENBARK v. OWENS-ILLINOIS GLASS CO. (1941)

VANDENBARK v. OWENS-ILLINOIS GLASS CO.
	Term: 1940
Important Dates
	Argued: December 13, 1940
	Decided: January 6, 1941
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts
Concurring
	James Clark McReynolds

VANDENBARK v. OWENS-ILLINOIS GLASS CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 6, 1941. The case was argued before the court on December 13, 1940.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Northern 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: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 311 U.S. 538
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: Stanley Reed

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.