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LAKE TANKERS CORP. v. HENN, ADMINISTRATRIX

Term: 1956
Important Dates
Argued: May 6, 1957
Decided: June 10, 1957
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II

LAKE TANKERS CORP. v. HENN, ADMINISTRATRIX is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 10, 1957. The case was argued before the court on May 6, 1957.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 354 U.S. 147
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: Tom Clark

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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