BOWMAN DAIRY CO. ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL. (1951)

BOWMAN DAIRY CO. ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.
	Term: 1950
Important Dates
	Argued: March 9, 1951
	Decided: April 30, 1951
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
	Hugo Black

BOWMAN DAIRY CO. ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 30, 1951. The case was argued before the court on March 9, 1951.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Illinois Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - discovery and inspection (in the context of criminal litigation only, otherwise Freedom of Information Act and related federal or state statutes or regulations)
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 341 U.S. 214
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Sherman Minton

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.