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CHRYSLER CORPORATION et al. v. UNITED STATES (1942)

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CHRYSLER CORPORATION et al. v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1941
Important Dates
Argued: May 1, 1942
Decided: June 1, 1942
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-2
Majority
Hugo Black • James Byrnes • William Douglas • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Felix Frankfurter • Stanley Reed

CHRYSLER CORPORATION et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1942. The case was argued before the court on May 1, 1942.

In a 4-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana Northern 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: Auto manufacturer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 316 U.S. 556
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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: James Byrnes

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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