AMERICAN FARM LINES v. BLACK BALL FREIGHT SERVICE et al. (1970)

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AMERICAN FARM LINES v. BLACK BALL FREIGHT SERVICE et al.
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 1970
Decided: April 20, 1970
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
Hugo Black • Warren Burger • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall
Dissenting
William Brennan • Potter Stewart • Byron White

AMERICAN FARM LINES v. BLACK BALL FREIGHT SERVICE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 20, 1970. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1970.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of transportation regulation:truck, or motor carrier
  • Petitioner: Trucking company, or motor carrier
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Trucking company, or motor carrier
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 397 U.S. 532
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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