In the 1920 case Ex parte IN THE MATTER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK et al., OWNERS OF THE STEAM TUG QUEEN CITY, the Supreme Court of United States was asked to decide on a matter related to maritime law. The State of New York owned a steam tug named Queen City which had collided with another vessel in navigable waters causing damages. A suit was filed against the state for these damages and it raised questions about whether or not states could be sued under federal jurisdiction for actions occurring in navigable waters, traditionally considered federal territory. The court ruled that while generally states have sovereign immunity from lawsuits, this does not apply when incidents occur on navigable waters as they fall under federal jurisdiction due to their interstate nature. Therefore, it held that the State of New York could indeed be sued over an incident involving one of its vessels operating in such areas.

The dissenting opinion in the case of Ex parte IN THE MATTER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK et al., OWNERS OF THE STEAM TUG QUEEN CITY, Petitioner, 1920 was not available for review. This could be due to a variety of reasons including that there may have been no formal written dissent or it is simply not publicly accessible. It's also possible that all justices agreed on the decision and thus there was no dissenting opinion. Without access to this information, a summary cannot be provided.