HOWARD HALL CO., INC. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1942)

HOWARD HALL CO., INC. v. UNITED STATES et al.
	Term: 1941
Important Dates
	Argued: January 16, 1942
	Decided: March 2, 1942
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Hugo Black • James Byrnes • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
	Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson

HOWARD HALL CO., INC. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1942. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 1942.

In a 7-2 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 Alabama Northern 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: Holder of a license or permit, or applicant therefor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Interstate Commerce Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 315 U.S. 495
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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 conservative.