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CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD ET AL. v. AMERICAN AIR TRANSPORT, INC. ET AL. (1952)

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CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD ET AL. v. AMERICAN AIR TRANSPORT, INC. ET AL. |
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Term: 1952 |
Important Dates |
Decided: October 20, 1952 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
8-1 |
Majority |
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson |
Dissenting |
William Douglas |
CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD ET AL. v. AMERICAN AIR TRANSPORT, INC. ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 20, 1952.
In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: certification (cf. objection to reason for denial of certiorari or appeal)
- Petitioner: Civil Aeronautics Board
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Airline
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 344 U.S. 4
- How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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