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GRIMES v. RAYMOND CONCRETE PILE CO. et al. (1958)

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GRIMES v. RAYMOND CONCRETE PILE CO. et al. |
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Term: 1957 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 10, 1958 |
Decided: April 7, 1958 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
6-3 |
Majority |
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren |
Dissenting |
Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker |
GRIMES v. RAYMOND CONCRETE PILE CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 7, 1958. The case was argued before the court on March 10, 1958.
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Massachusetts 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: Government contractor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 356 U.S. 252
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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