CENTRAL VERMONT TRANSPORTATION CO. v. DURNING, COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS (1935)

CENTRAL VERMONT TRANSPORTATION CO. v. DURNING, COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS
	Term: 1934
Important Dates
	Argued: December 13, 1934
	Decided: January 7, 1935
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

CENTRAL VERMONT TRANSPORTATION CO. v. DURNING, COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 7, 1935. The case was argued before the court on December 13, 1934.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern 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: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 294 U.S. 33
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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.