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JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORP. v. GRIDIRON STEEL CO. (1965)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORP. v. GRIDIRON STEEL CO.
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Decided: October 18, 1965
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo BlackWilliam BrennanTom ClarkWilliam DouglasAbe FortasJohn Harlan IIPotter StewartEarl WarrenByron White

JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORP. v. GRIDIRON STEEL CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 18, 1965.

In a 9-0 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 Ohio 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: Manufacturer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Manufacturer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 382 U.S. 32
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • 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 liberal.

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