DEAN MILK CO. v. CITY OF MADISON ET AL. (1951)

DEAN MILK CO. v. CITY OF MADISON ET AL.
	Term: 1950
Important Dates
	Argued: December 7, 1950
	Decided: January 15, 1951
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Sherman Minton

DEAN MILK CO. v. CITY OF MADISON ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 1951. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1950.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Wisconsin
Citation: 340 U.S. 349
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Tom Clark

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.