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COOPER STEVEDORING CO., INC. v. FRITZ KOPKE, INC., et al.

Term: 1973
Important Dates
Argued: April 15, 1974
Decided: May 28, 1974
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White

COOPER STEVEDORING CO., INC. v. FRITZ KOPKE, INC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 28, 1974. The case was argued before the court on April 15, 1974.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas 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: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 417 U.S. 106
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

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

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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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