AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS, INC., et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1957) - Ballotpedia

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AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS, INC., et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

Term: 1957
Important Dates
Argued: October 23, 1957
Decided: December 9, 1957
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
William Douglas

AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS, INC., et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 9, 1957. The case was argued before the court on October 23, 1957.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia 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 Warren Court, click here.

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: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 355 U.S. 141
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Tom Clark

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

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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