CANADIAN AVIATOR, LIMITED v. UNITED STATES (1945)

CANADIAN AVIATOR, LIMITED v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1944
Important Dates
	Argued: January 5, 1945
	Decided: February 26, 1945
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone

CANADIAN AVIATOR, LIMITED v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1945. The case was argued before the court on January 5, 1945.

In a 9-0 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 New Jersey 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: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 324 U.S. 215
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed

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.