HEWITT-ROBINS INCORPORATED v. EASTERN FREIGHT-WAYS, INC. (1962) - Ballotpedia

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HEWITT-ROBINS INCORPORATED v. EASTERN FREIGHT-WAYS, INC.

Term: 1962
Important Dates
Argued: October 11, 1962
Decided: November 19, 1962
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • Earl Warren
Dissenting
John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White

HEWITT-ROBINS INCORPORATED v. EASTERN FREIGHT-WAYS, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 19, 1962. The case was argued before the court on October 11, 1962.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 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 - Federal and some few state regulation of transportation regulation:truck, or motor carrier
Petitioner: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Trucking company, or motor carrier
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 371 U.S. 84
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
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 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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