VICKSBURG AND MERIDIAN RAILROAD COMPANY v. PUTNAM (1886)

VICKSBURG AND MERIDIAN RAILROAD COMPANY v. PUTNAM
	Term: 1886
Important Dates
	Argued: April 22, 1886
	Decided: October 22, 1886
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite

VICKSBURG AND MERIDIAN RAILROAD COMPANY v. PUTNAM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 22, 1886. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 1886.

In an 8-0 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 Georgia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Georgia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Sufficiency of evidence: typically in the context of a jury's determination of compensation for injury or death
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 118 U.S. 545
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: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Horace Gray

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.