Ex parte IN THE MATTER OF THE UNITED STATES, OWNER OF THE AMERICAN STEAMSHIP WESTERN MAID (1922)

Ex parte IN THE MATTER OF THE UNITED STATES, OWNER OF THE AMERICAN STEAMSHIP WESTERN MAID
	Term: 1921
Important Dates
	Argued: December 12, 1921
	Decided: January 3, 1922
Outcome
	Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
	5-3
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Mahlon Pitney • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
	John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Joseph McKenna

Ex parte IN THE MATTER OF THE UNITED STATES, OWNER OF THE AMERICAN STEAMSHIP WESTERN MAID is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1922. The case was argued before the court on December 12, 1921.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 257 U.S. 419
How the court took jurisdiction: Prohibition
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.