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CRUMADY v. THE JOACHIM HENDRIK FISSER et al. (1959)

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CRUMADY v. THE JOACHIM HENDRIK FISSER et al.
Term: 1958
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 1959
Decided: February 24, 1959
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo BlackWilliam BrennanTom ClarkWilliam DouglasPotter StewartEarl Warren
Dissenting
Felix FrankfurterJohn Harlan IICharles Whittaker

CRUMADY v. THE JOACHIM HENDRIK FISSER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1959. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1959.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey 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: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 358 U.S. 423
  • 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: William Douglas

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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