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WYANDOTTE TRANSPORTATION CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: October 16, 1967
Decided: December 4, 1967
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
John Harlan II

WYANDOTTE TRANSPORTATION CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 4, 1967. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1967.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana 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.

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: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 389 U.S. 191
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: Abe Fortas

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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