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WALKER v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO.

Term: 1966
Important Dates
Argued: November 10, 1966
Decided: December 5, 1966
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Earl Warren
Dissenting
John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White

WALKER v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 5, 1966. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 1966.

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 North Carolina Western 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: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 385 U.S. 196
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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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