NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY v. ZACHARY, ADMINISTRATOR OF BURGESS (1914)
NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY v. ZACHARY, ADMINISTRATOR OF BURGESS |
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Term: 1913 |
Important Dates |
Argued: December 17, 1913 |
Decided: February 2, 1914 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY v. ZACHARY, ADMINISTRATOR OF BURGESS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 2, 1914. The case was argued before the court on December 17, 1913.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina State Trial Court.
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: 232 U.S. 248
- 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: Edward Douglass White
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Mahlon Pitney
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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