MCALLISTER v. MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM CO. (1958) - Ballotpedia

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MCALLISTER v. MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM CO.

Term: 1957
Important Dates
Argued: April 1, 1958
Decided: June 23, 1958
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren
Concurring
William Brennan
Dissenting
Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker

MCALLISTER v. MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1958. The case was argued before the court on April 1, 1958.

In a 6-3 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 Texas State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 357 U.S. 221
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: Earl Warren

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.

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External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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