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ALBANESE v. NV NEDERL. AMERIK STOOMV MAATS (1965)

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ALBANESE v. NV NEDERL. AMERIK STOOMV MAATS
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Decided: December 13, 1965
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo BlackWilliam BrennanTom ClarkWilliam DouglasAbe FortasPotter StewartEarl WarrenByron White
Dissenting
John Harlan II

ALBANESE v. NV NEDERL. AMERIK STOOMV MAATS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 13, 1965.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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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: Water transportation, stevedore
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 382 U.S. 283
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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