CHICAGO et al. v. FIELDCREST DAIRIES, INC. (1942)

CHICAGO et al. v. FIELDCREST DAIRIES, INC.
	Term: 1941
Important Dates
	Argued: March 30, 1942
	Decided: April 27, 1942
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • James Byrnes • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Harlan Fiske Stone
Concurring
	Owen Josephus Roberts

CHICAGO et al. v. FIELDCREST DAIRIES, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 27, 1942. The case was argued before the court on March 30, 1942.

In a 9-0 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 Northern 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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Illinois
Respondent type: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 316 U.S. 168
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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.