FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION v. SEATRAIN LINES, INC., et al. (1973)

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION v. SEATRAIN LINES, INC., et al.
	Term: 1972
Important Dates
	Argued: March 21, 1973
	Decided: May 14, 1973
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION v. SEATRAIN LINES, INC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1973. The case was argued before the court on March 21, 1973.

In a 9-0 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 Commission
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 411 U.S. 726
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.