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RED CROSS LINE v. ATLANTIC FRUIT COMPANY

Term: 1923
Important Dates
Argued: November 14, 1923
Decided: February 18, 1924
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
James Clark McReynolds

RED CROSS LINE v. ATLANTIC FRUIT COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 18, 1924. The case was argued before the court on November 14, 1923.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Arbitration (other than as pertains to labor-management or employer-employee relations (cf. union arbitration)
Petitioner: Tenant or lessee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 264 U.S. 109
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: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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.

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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