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COMMONWEALTH COATINGS CORP. v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO. et al.

Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: October 22, 1968
Decided: November 18, 1968
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Earl Warren
Concurring
Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Dissenting
Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

COMMONWEALTH COATINGS CORP. v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 18, 1968. The case was argued before the court on October 22, 1968.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Puerto Rico U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Arbitration (other than as pertains to labor-management or employer-employee relations (cf. union arbitration)
Petitioner: Construction industry
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Construction industry
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 393 U.S. 145
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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