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WALDRON v. MOORE-MCCORMACK LINES, INC. (1967)

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WALDRON v. MOORE-MCCORMACK LINES, INC.
Term: 1966
Important Dates
Argued: March 13, 1967
Decided: May 8, 1967
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo BlackTom ClarkWilliam DouglasAbe FortasEarl Warren
Dissenting
William BrennanJohn Harlan IIPotter StewartByron White

WALDRON v. MOORE-MCCORMACK LINES, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 8, 1967. The case was argued before the court on March 13, 1967.

In a 5-4 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 New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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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: 386 U.S. 724
  • 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: Hugo Black

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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