MERRITT & CHAPMAN DERRICK & WRECKING COMPANY v. UNITED STATES (1927)

MERRITT & CHAPMAN DERRICK & WRECKING COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1926
Important Dates
	Argued: March 10, 1927
	Decided: May 31, 1927
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

MERRITT & CHAPMAN DERRICK & WRECKING COMPANY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 31, 1927. The case was argued before the court on March 10, 1927.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 274 U.S. 611
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Pierce Butler

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.