ALASKA PACKERS ASSOCIATION v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION et al. (1928)

ALASKA PACKERS ASSOCIATION v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION et al.
	Term: 1927
Important Dates
	Argued: March 2, 1928
	Decided: April 9, 1928
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
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

ALASKA PACKERS ASSOCIATION v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 9, 1928. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1928.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Supreme 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: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: California
Citation: 276 U.S. 467
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: 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 liberal.