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BECKER STEEL COMPANY OF AMERICA v. CUMMINGS, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al. (1935)

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BECKER STEEL COMPANY OF AMERICA v. CUMMINGS, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al.
Term: 1935
Important Dates
Argued: October 17, 1935
Decided: November 11, 1935
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Harlan Fiske Stone • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Owen Josephus Roberts • George Sutherland

BECKER STEEL COMPANY OF AMERICA v. CUMMINGS, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 11, 1935. The case was argued before the court on October 17, 1935.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
  • Petitioner: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Alien Property Custodian
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 296 U.S. 74
  • 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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