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CONTINENTAL GRAIN CO. v. BARGE FBL-585 et al. (1960)

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CONTINENTAL GRAIN CO. v. BARGE FBL-585 et al.
Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: April 20, 1960
Decided: June 27, 1960
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Concurring
Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II
Dissenting
William Douglas • Charles Whittaker

CONTINENTAL GRAIN CO. v. BARGE FBL-585 et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 1960. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1960.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Venue
  • Petitioner: Shipper, including importer and exporter
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 364 U.S. 19
  • 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 conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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