AUSTIN NICHOLS & COMPANY v. STEAMSHIP ISLA DE PANAY (1925) - Ballotpedia

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AUSTIN NICHOLS & COMPANY v. STEAMSHIP ISLA DE PANAY

Term: 1924
Important Dates
Argued: January 19, 1925
Decided: March 2, 1925
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford
Dissenting
George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

AUSTIN NICHOLS & COMPANY v. STEAMSHIP ISLA DE PANAY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1925. The case was argued before the court on January 19, 1925.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Evidence
Petitioner: Buyer, purchaser
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 267 U.S. 260
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 unspecifiable.

See also

External links

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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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