AMERICAN PIPE & CONSTRUCTION CO. et al. v. UTAH et al. (1974)

AMERICAN PIPE & CONSTRUCTION CO. et al. v. UTAH et al.
	Term: 1973
Important Dates
	Argued: November 12, 1973
	Decided: January 16, 1974
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
	Harry Blackmun

AMERICAN PIPE & CONSTRUCTION CO. et al. v. UTAH et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 16, 1974. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1973.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Construction industry
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Utah
Citation: 414 U.S. 538
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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.