CRESCENT EXPRESS LINES, INC. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1943) - Ballotpedia

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CRESCENT EXPRESS LINES, INC. v. UNITED STATES et al.

Term: 1943
Important Dates
Argued: November 19, 1943
Decided: December 6, 1943
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone

CRESCENT EXPRESS LINES, INC. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 6, 1943. The case was argued before the court on November 19, 1943.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of transportation regulation:truck, or motor carrier
Petitioner: Trucking company, or motor carrier
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 320 U.S. 401
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: Stanley Reed

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

External links

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Footnotes

↑ 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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