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UNITED STATES v. BERGH et al. (1956)

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UNITED STATES v. BERGH et al.
Term: 1956
Important Dates
Argued: October 15, 1956
Decided: November 19, 1956
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
Tom Clark • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Stanley Reed • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter

UNITED STATES v. BERGH et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 19, 1956. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1956.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 352 U.S. 40
  • 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: Tom Clark

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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