REESE, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILWAY COMPANY (1915) - Ballotpedia

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REESE, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILWAY COMPANY

Term: 1915
Important Dates
Argued: December 1, 1915
Decided: December 20, 1915
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
Charles Evans Hughes • Mahlon Pitney

REESE, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 20, 1915. The case was argued before the court on December 1, 1915.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Sufficiency of evidence: typically in the context of a jury's determination of compensation for injury or death
Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 239 U.S. 463
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: James Clark McReynolds

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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