CALMAR STEAMSHIP CORP. v. UNITED STATES (1953)

CALMAR STEAMSHIP CORP. v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1952
Important Dates
	Argued: January 15, 1953
	Decided: April 27, 1953
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson

CALMAR STEAMSHIP CORP. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 27, 1953. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1953.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. 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: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 345 U.S. 446
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: Felix Frankfurter

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.