WILLIAM CRAMP AND SONS SHIP AND ENGINE BUILDING COMPANY v. UNITED STATES (1915)

WILLIAM CRAMP AND SONS SHIP AND ENGINE BUILDING COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1915
Important Dates
	Argued: November 8, 1915
	Decided: November 29, 1915
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-1
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Joseph McKenna

WILLIAM CRAMP AND SONS SHIP AND ENGINE BUILDING COMPANY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 29, 1915. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1915.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: Government contractor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 239 U.S. 221
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rufus Day

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.