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ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD CO. ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL. (1951)

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ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD CO. ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL. |
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Term: 1950 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 8, 1950 |
Decided: January 2, 1951 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-1 |
Majority |
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson |
Dissenting |
William Douglas |
ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD CO. ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 2, 1951. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1950.
In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
- Petitioner: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 340 U.S. 216
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Sherman Minton
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 conservative.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
External links
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