FLEMING, TEMPORARY CONTROLS ADMINISTRATOR, v. RHODES, SHERIFF, ET AL. (1947)

FLEMING, TEMPORARY CONTROLS ADMINISTRATOR, v. RHODES, SHERIFF, ET AL.
	Term: 1946
Important Dates
	Argued: April 7, 1947
	Decided: April 28, 1947
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
	Felix Frankfurter

FLEMING, TEMPORARY CONTROLS ADMINISTRATOR, v. RHODES, SHERIFF, ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 28, 1947. The case was argued before the court on April 7, 1947.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
Petitioner: Office of Price Administration, or Price Administrator
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 331 U.S. 100
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: 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.