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HAGUE, MAYOR, et al. v. COMMITTEE FOR INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION et al. (1939)

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HAGUE, MAYOR, et al. v. COMMITTEE FOR INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION et al.
Term: 1938
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 1939
Decided: June 5, 1939
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-2
Majority
Hugo Black • Owen Josephus Roberts
Concurring
Charles Evans Hughes • Stanley Reed • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds

HAGUE, MAYOR, et al. v. COMMITTEE FOR INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 5, 1939. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 1939.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
  • Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Petitioner state: New Jersey
  • Respondent type: Union member
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 307 U.S. 496
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Owen Josephus Roberts

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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