UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. NEW YORK AND PORTO RICO STEAMSHIP COMPANY (1915)

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. NEW YORK AND PORTO RICO STEAMSHIP COMPANY |
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Term: 1915 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 3, 1915 |
Decided: November 15, 1915 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. NEW YORK AND PORTO RICO STEAMSHIP COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 15, 1915. The case was argued before the court on November 3, 1915.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulations of transportation regulation: boat
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 239 U.S. 88
- 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: Edward Douglass White
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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