CAPITOL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY v. CAMBRIA STEEL COMPANY (1919)

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CAPITOL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY v. CAMBRIA STEEL COMPANY
Term: 1918
Important Dates
Argued: March 14, 1919
Decided: March 31, 1919
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisJohn Hessin ClarkeWilliam Rufus DayOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaJames Clark McReynoldsMahlon PitneyWillis Van DevanterEdward Douglass White

CAPITOL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY v. CAMBRIA STEEL COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 31, 1919. The case was argued before the court on March 14, 1919.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
  • Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Business, corporation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 249 U.S. 334
  • 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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.

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