STATE OF WASHINGTON v. W.C. DAWSON & COMPANY (1924)

STATE OF WASHINGTON v. W.C. DAWSON & COMPANY
	Term: 1923
Important Dates
	Argued: January 8, 1924
	Decided: February 25, 1924
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Pierce Butler • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes

STATE OF WASHINGTON v. W.C. DAWSON & COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1924. The case was argued before the court on January 8, 1924.

In a 7-2 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: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Washington
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 264 U.S. 219
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: James Clark McReynolds

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.