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GALLOWAY v. UNITED STATES (1943)

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GALLOWAY v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1942
Important Dates
Argued: March 9, 1943
Decided: May 24, 1943
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Felix FrankfurterRobert JacksonStanley ReedOwen Josephus RobertsWiley RutledgeHarlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Hugo BlackWilliam DouglasFrank Murphy

GALLOWAY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 1943. The case was argued before the court on March 9, 1943.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Stone Court, click here.

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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: Veteran
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 319 U.S. 372
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Wiley Rutledge

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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