UNITED STATES v. FREIGHTS, ETC., OF S. S. MOUNT SHASTA (1927)

UNITED STATES v. FREIGHTS, ETC., OF S. S. MOUNT SHASTA
	Term: 1926
Important Dates
	Argued: April 14, 1927
	Decided: May 31, 1927
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
	James Clark McReynolds

UNITED STATES v. FREIGHTS, ETC., OF S. S. MOUNT SHASTA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 31, 1927. The case was argued before the court on April 14, 1927.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts 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: 274 U.S. 466
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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.