GRAHAM AND THE TITLE GUARANTY AND SURETY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (1913)

GRAHAM AND THE TITLE GUARANTY AND SURETY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
	Term: 1913
Important Dates
	Argued: November 13, 1913
	Decided: December 8, 1913
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter

GRAHAM AND THE TITLE GUARANTY AND SURETY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 8, 1913. The case was argued before the court on November 13, 1913.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. Circuit for the District of Maryland.

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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: Government contractor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 231 U.S. 474
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
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 liberal.