UNITED STATES v. CORNELL STEAMBOAT COMPANY (1906)

UNITED STATES v. CORNELL STEAMBOAT COMPANY
	Term: 1905
Important Dates
	Argued: April 20, 1906
	Decided: May 14, 1906
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Melville Weston Fuller

UNITED STATES v. CORNELL STEAMBOAT COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1906. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1906.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed 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 - 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: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 202 U.S. 184
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Henry Billings Brown

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 conservative.