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CONTINENTAL OIL CO. v. UNITED STATES (1968)

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CONTINENTAL OIL CO. v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Decided: October 21, 1968
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
John Harlan II

CONTINENTAL OIL CO. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 21, 1968.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Mexico U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Mergers
  • Petitioner: Oil company, or natural gas producer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 393 U.S. 79
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • 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 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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