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WHITEHOUSE et al. v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. et al. (1955)
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| WHITEHOUSE et al. v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. et al. |
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| Term: 1954 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: February 10, 1955 |
| Decided: June 6, 1955 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 5-3 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Earl Warren |
| Dissenting |
| William Douglas • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed |
WHITEHOUSE et al. v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 6, 1955. The case was argued before the court on February 10, 1955.
In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
- Petitioner: National Railroad Adjustment Board
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Railroad
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 349 U.S. 366
- 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: Felix Frankfurter
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.
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