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APEX HOSIERY CO. v. LEADER et al. (1940)

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APEX HOSIERY CO. v. LEADER et al.
Term: 1939
Important Dates
Argued: April 1, 1940
Decided: May 27, 1940
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts

APEX HOSIERY CO. v. LEADER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1940. The case was argued before the court on April 1, 1940.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Unions - Union antitrust: legality of anticompetitive union activity
  • Petitioner: Manufacturer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Union, labor organization, or official of
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 310 U.S. 469
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • 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: Harlan Fiske Stone

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.

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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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