UNITED STATES v. COMMONWEALTH AND DOMINION LINE, LTD. (1929)

UNITED STATES v. COMMONWEALTH AND DOMINION LINE, LTD.
	Term: 1928
Important Dates
	Argued: January 7, 1929
	Decided: January 21, 1929
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

UNITED STATES v. COMMONWEALTH AND DOMINION LINE, LTD. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 21, 1929. The case was argued before the court on January 7, 1929.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Eastern U.S. District Court.

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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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 278 U.S. 427
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: 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.