HAHN v. ROSS ISLAND SAND & GRAVEL CO. (1959) - Ballotpedia

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HAHN v. ROSS ISLAND SAND & GRAVEL CO.

Term: 1958
Important Dates
Argued: December 11, 1958
Decided: January 12, 1959
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

HAHN v. ROSS ISLAND SAND & GRAVEL CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 12, 1959. The case was argued before the court on December 11, 1958.

In a 5-2 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 Oregon State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 358 U.S. 272
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

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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