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DIXIE CARRIERS, INC., et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

Term: 1955
Important Dates
Argued: March 27, 1956
Decided: April 23, 1956
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Earl Warren

DIXIE CARRIERS, INC., et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 23, 1956. The case was argued before the court on March 27, 1956.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 351 U.S. 56
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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 Douglas

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

The Supreme Court Database

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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