UNITED STATES v. WILLIAM CRAMP & SONS SHIP & ENGINE BUILDING COMPANY (1907)

UNITED STATES v. WILLIAM CRAMP & SONS SHIP & ENGINE BUILDING COMPANY
	Term: 1906
Important Dates
	Argued: April 18, 1907
	Decided: May 13, 1907
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

UNITED STATES v. WILLIAM CRAMP & SONS SHIP & ENGINE BUILDING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 13, 1907. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 1907.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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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: Government contractor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 206 U.S. 118
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: David Josiah Brewer

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.