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BESSER MANUFACTURING CO. ET AL. v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1951
Important Dates
Argued: April 21, 1952
Decided: May 26, 1952
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson

BESSER MANUFACTURING CO. ET AL. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 1952. The case was argued before the court on April 21, 1952.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan Michigan Eastern 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 Vinson Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
Petitioner: Manufacturer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 343 U.S. 444
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Robert Jackson

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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