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Ferguson v. Moore-Mccormack Lines

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
59
Petitioner: 
Ferguson
Respondent: 
Moore-Mccormack Lines
Decided By: 
Warren Court (1956-1957)
Opinion: 
352 U.S. 521 (1957)
Argued: 
Monday, December 10, 1956
Decided: 
Monday, February 25, 1957
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Sufficiency of Evidence

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The Oyez Project, Ferguson v. Moore-Mccormack Lines , 352 U.S. 521 (1957)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1956/1956_59)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Ferguson, 2 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Federal Employers' Liability

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Voted with the majority
Warren
Did not participate
Black
Voted with the minority
Reed
Wrote a jurisdictional dissent
Frankfurter
Wrote the judgment of the Court
Douglas
Voted with the majority
Burton
Voted with the majority
Clark
Wrote a dissent
Harlan
Voted with the majority
Brennan

Judgment of the Court by Justice William O. Douglas