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COUNTY OF MAHNOMEN v. UNITED STATES (1943)

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COUNTY OF MAHNOMEN v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1942
Important Dates
Argued: May 4, 1943
Decided: June 7, 1943
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo BlackWilliam DouglasRobert JacksonStanley ReedOwen Josephus RobertsHarlan Fiske Stone
Concurring
Felix FrankfurterWiley Rutledge
Dissenting
Frank Murphy

COUNTY OF MAHNOMEN v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 7, 1943. The case was argued before the court on May 4, 1943.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Stone Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
  • Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Petitioner state: Minnesota
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 319 U.S. 474
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • 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: Hugo Black

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.

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