WELLS, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. SIMONDS ABRASIVE CO. (1953)

WELLS, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. SIMONDS ABRASIVE CO.
	Term: 1952
Important Dates
	Argued: January 7, 1953
	Decided: May 18, 1953
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-3
Majority
	Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton

WELLS, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. SIMONDS ABRASIVE CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1953. The case was argued before the court on January 7, 1953.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania 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: 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: 345 U.S. 514
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Frederick Vinson

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.