HUGHES TOOL CO. v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., et al. (1965)

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HUGHES TOOL CO. v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., et al.
Term: 1964
Important Dates
Argued: March 4, 1965
Decided: March 8, 1965
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

HUGHES TOOL CO. v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 8, 1965. The case was argued before the court on March 4, 1965.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: writ improvidently granted
  • Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Airline
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 380 U.S. 249
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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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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