ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA v. UNITED STATES (1937) - Ballotpedia

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ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1937
Important Dates
Argued: November 8, 1937
Decided: December 6, 1937
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • George Sutherland

ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 6, 1937. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1937.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Western U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 302 U.S. 230
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds

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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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