WILBURN BOAT CO. et al. v. FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO. (1955) - Ballotpedia

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WILBURN BOAT CO. et al. v. FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.

Term: 1954
Important Dates
Argued: October 14, 1954
Decided: February 28, 1955
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
Hugo Black • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Sherman Minton • Earl Warren
Concurring
Felix Frankfurter
Dissenting
Harold Burton • Stanley Reed

WILBURN BOAT CO. et al. v. FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 28, 1955. The case was argued before the court on October 14, 1954.

In a 6-2 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 Texas Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 348 U.S. 310
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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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