PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. PETERSON (1928) - Ballotpedia

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PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. PETERSON

Term: 1928
Important Dates
Argued: October 24, 1928
Decided: November 26, 1928
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Concurring
Oliver Wendell Holmes

PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. PETERSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 26, 1928. The case was argued before the court on October 24, 1928.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington 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: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 278 U.S. 130
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: Edward Terry Sanford

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.

See also

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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