JOHNSON & HIGGINS OF CALIFORNIA v. UNITED STATES (1932)

JOHNSON & HIGGINS OF CALIFORNIA v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1932
Important Dates
	Argued: December 9, 1932
	Decided: December 19, 1932
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

JOHNSON & HIGGINS OF CALIFORNIA v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 19, 1932. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 1932.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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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: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 287 U.S. 459
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Evans Hughes

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.