UNITED STATES AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY et al. (1920)

UNITED STATES AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY et al.
	Term: 1919
Important Dates
	Argued: December 16, 1919
	Decided: May 17, 1920
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

UNITED STATES AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 17, 1920. The case was argued before the court on December 16, 1919.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Mootness (cf. standing to sue: live dispute)
Petitioner: Interstate Commerce Commission
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 253 U.S. 113
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rufus Day

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.