ANDERSON v. SHIPOWNERS ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC COAST et al. (1926)

ANDERSON v. SHIPOWNERS ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC COAST et al.
	Term: 1926
Important Dates
	Argued: October 28, 1926
	Decided: November 22, 1926
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

ANDERSON v. SHIPOWNERS ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC COAST et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 22, 1926. The case was argued before the court on October 28, 1926.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Union antitrust: legality of anticompetitive union activity
Petitioner: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Professional organization, business, or person
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 272 U.S. 359
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: George Sutherland

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 conservative.