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BRITISH COLUMBIA MILLS TUG & BARGE COMPANY v. MYROLIE (1922)

| BRITISH COLUMBIA MILLS TUG & BARGE COMPANY v. MYROLIE |
|---|
| Term: 1921 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: April 23, 1922 |
| Decided: May 15, 1922 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
BRITISH COLUMBIA MILLS TUG & BARGE COMPANY v. MYROLIE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1922. The case was argued before the court on April 23, 1922.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alaska U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
- Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 259 U.S. 1
- 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: William Howard Taft
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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