C. E. STEVENS COMPANY et al. v. FOSTER & KLEISER CO. et al. (1940)

C. E. STEVENS COMPANY et al. v. FOSTER & KLEISER CO. et al.
	Term: 1940
Important Dates
	Argued: November 19, 1940
	Decided: December 9, 1940
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

C. E. STEVENS COMPANY et al. v. FOSTER & KLEISER CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 9, 1940. The case was argued before the court on November 19, 1940.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Washington Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
Petitioner: Advertising business or agency
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Advertising business or agency
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 311 U.S. 255
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: Owen Josephus Roberts

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.