INTERSTATE CIRCUIT, INC., et al. v. UNITED STATES (1938)

INTERSTATE CIRCUIT, INC., et al. v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1937
Important Dates
	Argued: April 5, 1938
	Decided: April 25, 1938
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts
Concurring
	Hugo Black • Harlan Fiske Stone

INTERSTATE CIRCUIT, INC., et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 25, 1938. The case was argued before the court on April 5, 1938.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Texas Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Movie, play, pictorial representation, theatrical production, actor, or exhibitor or distributor of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 304 U.S. 55
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
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 liberal.