WEYERHAEUSER STEAMSHIP CO. v. NACIREMA OPERATING CO., INC. (1958)

WEYERHAEUSER STEAMSHIP CO. v. NACIREMA OPERATING CO., INC.
	Term: 1957
Important Dates
	Argued: January 6, 1958
	Decided: March 3, 1958
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Brennan • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker

WEYERHAEUSER STEAMSHIP CO. v. NACIREMA OPERATING CO., INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1958. The case was argued before the court on January 6, 1958.

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 New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Sufficiency of evidence: typically in the context of a jury's determination of compensation for injury or death
Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 355 U.S. 563
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: Tom Clark

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.