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COPPERWELD STEEL CO. v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO (1945)

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COPPERWELD STEEL CO. v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO |
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Term: 1944 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 5, 1945 |
Decided: April 23, 1945 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone |
COPPERWELD STEEL CO. v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 23, 1945. The case was argued before the court on April 5, 1945.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Ohio State Supreme Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
- Petitioner: Manufacturer
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
- Respondent state: Ohio
- Citation: 324 U.S. 780
- 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: Owen Josephus Roberts
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.
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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