CALLAWAY, TRUSTEE, ET AL. v. BENTON ET AL. (1949) - Ballotpedia

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CALLAWAY, TRUSTEE, ET AL. v. BENTON ET AL.

Term: 1948
Important Dates
Argued: October 19, 1948
Decided: February 7, 1949
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
William Douglas • Wiley Rutledge

CALLAWAY, TRUSTEE, ET AL. v. BENTON ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 7, 1949. The case was argued before the court on October 19, 1948.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 336 U.S. 132
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: Frederick Vinson

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.

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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