MAY et al. v. HAMBURG-AMERIKANISCHE PACKETFAHRT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (1933)

MAY et al. v. HAMBURG-AMERIKANISCHE PACKETFAHRT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
	Term: 1933
Important Dates
	Argued: November 14, 1933
	Decided: December 4, 1933
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
	Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds

MAY et al. v. HAMBURG-AMERIKANISCHE PACKETFAHRT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 4, 1933. The case was argued before the court on November 14, 1933.

In a 7-2 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 New York Southern 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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 290 U.S. 333
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Benjamin Nathan Cardozo

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.