WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORP. v. DUGAN & MCNAMARA, INC. (1960)

WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORP. v. DUGAN & MCNAMARA, INC.
	Term: 1960
Important Dates
	Argued: October 20, 1960
	Decided: November 21, 1960
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker

WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORP. v. DUGAN & MCNAMARA, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 21, 1960. The case was argued before the court on October 20, 1960.

In a 9-0 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 Pennsylvania 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.

^[1]

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 364 U.S. 421
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: Potter Stewart

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.