MARYLAND STEEL COMPANY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY v. UNITED STATES (1915)

MARYLAND STEEL COMPANY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1914
Important Dates
	Argued: December 8, 1914
	Decided: January 5, 1915
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

MARYLAND STEEL COMPANY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 5, 1915. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1914.

In an 8-0 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 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: Government contractor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 235 U.S. 451
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph McKenna

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.