COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY v. FRANK MASHUDA CO. et al. (1959)

COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY v. FRANK MASHUDA CO. et al.
	Term: 1958
Important Dates
	Argued: April 2, 1959
	Decided: June 8, 1959
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	William Brennan • William Douglas • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II

COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY v. FRANK MASHUDA CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 8, 1959. The case was argued before the court on April 2, 1959.

In a 5-4 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 - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: Pennsylvania
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 360 U.S. 185
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: William Brennan

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.