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JEWELL-LASALLE REALTY COMPANY v. BUCK et al. (1931)

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JEWELL-LASALLE REALTY COMPANY v. BUCK et al.
Term: 1930
Important Dates
Argued: March 3, 1931
Decided: April 13, 1931
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisPierce ButlerOliver Wendell HolmesCharles Evans HughesJames Clark McReynoldsOwen Josephus RobertsHarlan Fiske StoneGeorge SutherlandWillis Van Devanter

JEWELL-LASALLE REALTY COMPANY v. BUCK et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 13, 1931. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1931.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Missouri Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulations of transportation regulation: boat
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Author, copyright holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 283 U.S. 202
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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 unspecifiable.

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