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LAND ET AL. v. DOLLAR ET AL. (1951)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
LAND ET AL. v. DOLLAR ET AL.
Term: 1950
Important Dates
Decided: June 4, 1951
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
6-1
Majority
Harold Burton • William Douglas • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Felix Frankfurter
Dissenting
Robert Jackson

LAND ET AL. v. DOLLAR ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 4, 1951.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the District of Columbia District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: untimely filing
  • Petitioner: Federal Maritime Commission
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 341 U.S. 737
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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