ETHYL GASOLINE CORPORATION et al. v. UNITED STATES (1940) - Ballotpedia

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ETHYL GASOLINE CORPORATION et al. v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1939
Important Dates
Argued: March 1, 1940
Decided: March 25, 1940
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Harlan Fiske Stone

ETHYL GASOLINE CORPORATION et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 1940. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1940.

In a 7-0 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 - Patents and copyrights: patent
Petitioner: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 309 U.S. 436
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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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