ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION et al. v. THOMSON, TRUSTEE (1943) - Ballotpedia

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ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION et al. v. THOMSON, TRUSTEE

Term: 1942
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 1943
Decided: April 12, 1943
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Owen Josephus Roberts

ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION et al. v. THOMSON, TRUSTEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 12, 1943. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1943.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity: miscellaneous
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Illinois
Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 318 U.S. 675
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: Harlan Fiske Stone

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.

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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