ITALIA SOCIETA PER AZIONI DI NAVIGAZIONE v. OREGON STEVEDORING CO., INC. (1964)

ITALIA SOCIETA PER AZIONI DI NAVIGAZIONE v. OREGON STEVEDORING CO., INC.
	Term: 1963
Important Dates
	Argued: January 8, 1964
	Decided: March 9, 1964
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	William Brennan • Tom Clark • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Earl Warren

ITALIA SOCIETA PER AZIONI DI NAVIGAZIONE v. OREGON STEVEDORING CO., INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 9, 1964. The case was argued before the court on January 8, 1964.

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 Oregon U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 376 U.S. 315
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: Byron White

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.