United States v. Carroll Towing Co.
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United States v. Carroll Towing Co., 159 F.2d 169 (2d. Cir. 1947),[1] is a decision from the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals that proposed a test to determine the standard of care for the tort of negligence. The judgment was written by Judge Learned Hand wherein he described what is now called the calculus of negligence or the Hand Test, a classic example of a balancing test.
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United States v. Carroll Towing Co. | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
Full case name | United States et al. v. Carroll Towing Co., Inc., et al. |
Decided | January 9 1947 |
Citation(s) | 159 F.2d 169 |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | Learned Hand, Harrie B. Chase, Jerome Frank |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Hand, joined by Chase, Frank |
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