RAYONIER INCORPORATED v. UNITED STATES (1957)

RAYONIER INCORPORATED v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1956
Important Dates
	Argued: December 4, 1956
	Decided: January 28, 1957
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Brennan • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Earl Warren
Dissenting
	Tom Clark • Stanley Reed

RAYONIER INCORPORATED v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 28, 1957. The case was argued before the court on December 4, 1956.

In a 7-2 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 Washington Western 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: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 352 U.S. 315
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: Hugo Black

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.