BALL ENGINEERING COMPANY v. J.G. WHITE & COMPANY (1919)

BALL ENGINEERING COMPANY v. J.G. WHITE & COMPANY
	Term: 1918
Important Dates
	Argued: March 13, 1919
	Decided: May 19, 1919
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

BALL ENGINEERING COMPANY v. J.G. WHITE & COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 1919. The case was argued before the court on March 13, 1919.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Connecticut 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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Government contractor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 250 U.S. 46
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rufus Day

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.