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Norfolk & Western Ry. Co. v. Liepelt, 444 U.S. 490 (1980)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Norfolk & Western Ry. Co. v. Liepelt, 444 U.S. 490 (1980)
Norfolk & Western Ry. Co. v. Liepelt No. 78-1323 Argued November 5, 1979 Decided February 19, 1980 444 U.S. 490
CERTIORARI TO THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS,
FIRST DISTRICT
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Held: In a wrongful death action brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act in an Illinois court, the trial court erred in excluding evidence offered by petitioner-defendant to show the effect of income taxes on the decedent’s estimated future earnings, and in refusing petitioner’s requested jury instruction that "your award will not be subject to any income taxes, and you should not consider such taxes in fixing the amount of your award." Pp. 493-498.
62 Ill.App.3d 653, 378 N.E.2d 1232, reversed and remanded.
STEVENS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which BURGER, C.J., and BRENNAN, STEWART, WHITE, POWELL, and REHNQUIST, JJ., joined. BLACKMUN, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which MARSHALL, J., joined, post, p. 498.
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