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VAUGHAN v. ATKINSON et al. (1962)

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VAUGHAN v. ATKINSON et al.
Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: March 22, 1962
Decided: May 14, 1962
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren
Dissenting
John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

VAUGHAN v. ATKINSON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1962. The case was argued before the court on March 22, 1962.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, 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, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
  • Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 369 U.S. 527
  • 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: William Douglas

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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