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ALCOA STEAMSHIP CO., INC. v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1949
Important Dates
Argued: November 16, 1949
Decided: December 19, 1949
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Hugo Black • Tom Clark • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter

ALCOA STEAMSHIP CO., INC. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 19, 1949. The case was argued before the court on November 16, 1949.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 338 U.S. 421
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed

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.

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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