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ATLANTIC CLEANERS & DYERS, INC., et al. v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1931
Important Dates
Argued: April 28, 1932
Decided: May 23, 1932
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

ATLANTIC CLEANERS & DYERS, INC., et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 23, 1932. The case was argued before the court on April 28, 1932.

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

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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: 286 U.S. 427
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: George Sutherland

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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