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UNADILLA VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY v. CALDINE, ADMINISTRATOR (1928)

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UNADILLA VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY v. CALDINE, ADMINISTRATOR |
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Term: 1928 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 27, 1928 |
Decided: December 10, 1928 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
UNADILLA VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY v. CALDINE, ADMINISTRATOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 1928. The case was argued before the court on November 27, 1928.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial 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: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 278 U.S. 139
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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