FEDERAL MARITIME BOARD v. ISBRANDTSEN COMPANY, INC., et al. (1958)

FEDERAL MARITIME BOARD v. ISBRANDTSEN COMPANY, INC., et al.
	Term: 1957
Important Dates
	Argued: December 11, 1957
	Decided: May 19, 1958
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
	Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II

FEDERAL MARITIME BOARD v. ISBRANDTSEN COMPANY, INC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 1958. The case was argued before the court on December 11, 1957.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulations of transportation regulation: boat
Petitioner: Federal Maritime Board
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 356 U.S. 481
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 Brennan

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.