KERNAN, ADMINISTRATOR, v. AMERICAN DREDGING CO. (1958)

KERNAN, ADMINISTRATOR, v. AMERICAN DREDGING CO.
	Term: 1957
Important Dates
	Argued: November 21, 1957
	Decided: February 3, 1958
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren
Dissenting
	Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker

KERNAN, ADMINISTRATOR, v. AMERICAN DREDGING CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 3, 1958. The case was argued before the court on November 21, 1957.

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 Pennsylvania Eastern 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: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 355 U.S. 426
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: William Brennan

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.