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Davis v. Alexander

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Davis v. Alexander
Argued October 12, 1925
Decided November 16, 1925
Full case nameDavis v. Alexander
Citations269 U.S. 114 (more)
46 S. Ct. 34; 70 L. Ed. 186; 1925 U.S. LEXIS 781
Case history
Prior93 Okla. 159, 220 P. 358 (1923); cert. granted, 265 U.S. 577 (1924).
Court membership
Chief Justice
William H. Taft
Associate Justices
Oliver W. Holmes Jr. · Willis Van Devanter
James C. McReynolds · Louis Brandeis
George Sutherland · Pierce Butler
Edward T. Sanford · Harlan F. Stone
Case opinion
MajorityBrandeis, joined by unanimous

Davis v Alexander, 269 U.S. 114 (1925), is a US corporate law case, concerning the duties of parent corporations for actions of subsidiaries.[1]

Facts

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Cattle were negligently injured while being transported from New Mexico to Oklahoma City.

Judgment

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The Supreme Court held the federal government was liable for torts of a railroad subsidiary.

Justice Brandeis, writing for a unanimous court, said the following:

Where one railroad company actually controls another and operates both as a single system, the dominant company will be liable for injuries due to the negligence of the subsidiary company.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Davis v. Alexander, 269 U.S. 114 (1925). Public domain This article incorporates public domain material from this U.S government document.
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