HOUSTON et al. v. ST. LOUIS INDEPENDENT PACKING COMPANY (1919)

HOUSTON et al. v. ST. LOUIS INDEPENDENT PACKING COMPANY
	Term: 1918
Important Dates
	Argued: March 20, 1919
	Decided: April 14, 1919
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

HOUSTON et al. v. ST. LOUIS INDEPENDENT PACKING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 14, 1919. The case was argued before the court on March 20, 1919.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Missouri Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - federal or state consumer protection: typically under the Truth in Lending; Food, Drug and Cosmetic; and Consumer Protection Credit Acts
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of Agriculture
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 249 U.S. 479
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Hessin Clarke

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.