COFFMAN v. FEDERAL LABORATORIES, INC. et al. (1945) - Ballotpedia

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COFFMAN v. FEDERAL LABORATORIES, INC. et al.

Term: 1944
Important Dates
Argued: December 7, 1944
Decided: January 2, 1945
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone

COFFMAN v. FEDERAL LABORATORIES, INC. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 2, 1945. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1944.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: writ improvidently granted
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Holder of a license or permit, or applicant therefor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 323 U.S. 325
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: Harlan Fiske Stone

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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