Task: songer_direct1

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the ideological directionality of the court of appeals decision, coded as "liberal" or "conservative". Consider liberal to be for government tax claim; for person claiming patent or copyright infringement; for the plaintiff alleging the injury; for economic underdog if one party is clearly an underdog in comparison to the other, neither party is clearly an economic underdog; in cases pitting an individual against a business, the individual is presumed to be the economic underdog unless there is a clear indication in the opinion to the contrary; for debtor or bankrupt; for government or private party raising claim of violation of antitrust laws, or party opposing merger; for the economic underdog in private conflict over securities; for individual claiming a benefit from government; for government in disputes over government contracts and government seizure of property; for government regulation in government regulation of business; for greater protection of the environment or greater consumer protection (even if anti-government); for the injured party in admiralty - personal injury; for economic underdog in admiralty and miscellaneous economic cases. Consider the directionality to be "mixed" if the directionality of the decision was intermediate to the extremes defined above or if the decision was mixed (e.g., the conviction of defendant in a criminal trial was affirmed on one count but reversed on a second count or if the conviction was afirmed but the sentence was reduced). Consider "not ascertained" if the directionality could not be determined or if the outcome could not be classified according to any conventional outcome standards.

PER CURIAM:
On April 21, 1966, 359 F.2d 501, this Court affirmed the judgment of the district court. On January 4, 1967, the appellant’s petition for rehearing was granted 370 F.2d 555, to the extent necessary to certify to the Supreme Court of Florida the controlling question or proposition of the laws of Florida, pursuant to the provisions of Section 25.03, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., and Rule 4.61, Florida Appellate Rules, F.S.A. In a full and clear opinion filed May 31, 1967, the Supreme Court of Florida answered the certified question in the negative, that is, contrary to the views expressed in this Court’s opinion. On June 30, 1967, the Supreme Court of Florida denied the petition for rehearing filed by attorneys for appellee. Now, therefore, in accordance with the decision and opinion of the Supreme Court of Florida, it is ordered by this Court that the appellant’s petition for rehearing be granted in toto; that this Court’s affirmance of the judgment of the district court be vacated; and that said judgment be reversed and the cause remanded with directions to enter judgment for the defendant, appellant.
Reversed with directions.

Question: What is the ideological directionality of the court of appeals decision?
A. conservative
B. liberal
C. mixed
D. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: A