MARYLAND CASUALTY CO. et al. v. CUSHING et al. (1954)

MARYLAND CASUALTY CO. et al. v. CUSHING et al.
	Term: 1953
Important Dates
	Argued: April 27, 1953
	Decided: April 12, 1954
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Judgment of the court
	Felix Frankfurter
Majority
	Harold Burton • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed
Concurring
	Tom Clark
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Sherman Minton • Earl Warren

MARYLAND CASUALTY CO. et al. v. CUSHING et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 12, 1954. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 1953.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Louisiana 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: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 347 U.S. 409
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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.