INDIAN TOWING CO., INC., et al. v. UNITED STATES (1955)

INDIAN TOWING CO., INC., et al. v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1955
Important Dates
	Argued: February 10, 1955
	Decided: November 21, 1955
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Earl Warren
Dissenting
	Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed

INDIAN TOWING CO., INC., et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 21, 1955. The case was argued before the court on February 10, 1955.

In a 5-4 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 Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

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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: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 350 U.S. 61
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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 conservative.