FERGUSON v. MOORE-MCCORMACK LINES, INC. (1957) - Ballotpedia

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FERGUSON v. MOORE-MCCORMACK LINES, INC.

Term: 1956
Important Dates
Argued: December 10, 1956
Decided: February 25, 1957
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Judgment of the court
William Douglas
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Earl Warren
Concurring
Harold Burton
Dissenting
Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Stanley Reed

FERGUSON v. MOORE-MCCORMACK LINES, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1957. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1956.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Sufficiency of evidence: typically in the context of a jury's determination of compensation for injury or death
Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 352 U.S. 521
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment 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.

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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