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BOB-LO EXCURSION CO. v. MICHIGAN

Term: 1947
Important Dates
Argued: December 16, 1947
Decided: February 2, 1948
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas
Dissenting
Robert Jackson • Frederick Vinson

BOB-LO EXCURSION CO. v. MICHIGAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 2, 1948. The case was argued before the court on December 16, 1947.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Desegregation (other than as pertains to school desegregation, employment discrimination, and affirmative action)
Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Michigan
Citation: 333 U.S. 28
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: Wiley Rutledge

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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