CONSOLO v. FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION et al. (1966)

CONSOLO v. FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION et al.
	Term: 1965
Important Dates
	Argued: December 6, 1965
	Decided: March 22, 1966
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

CONSOLO v. FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 22, 1966. The case was argued before the court on December 6, 1965.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
Petitioner: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Federal Maritime Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 383 U.S. 607
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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.