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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
Term: 1944
Important Dates
Argued: April 5, 1945
Decided: April 23, 1945
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo BlackWilliam DouglasFelix FrankfurterRobert JacksonFrank MurphyStanley ReedOwen Josephus RobertsWiley RutledgeHarlan 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.

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