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SENTILLES v. INTER-CARIBBEAN SHIPPING CORP.

Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: October 19, 1959
Decided: November 23, 1959
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren
Concurring
John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Felix Frankfurter

SENTILLES v. INTER-CARIBBEAN SHIPPING CORP. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 23, 1959. The case was argued before the court on October 19, 1959.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Sufficiency of evidence: typically in the context of a jury's determination of compensation for injury or death
Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 361 U.S. 107
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: William Brennan

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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