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LEH et al. v. GENERAL PETROLEUM CORP. et al. (1965)

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LEH et al. v. GENERAL PETROLEUM CORP. et al.
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: October 11, 1965
Decided: November 8, 1965
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

LEH et al. v. GENERAL PETROLEUM CORP. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 8, 1965. The case was argued before the court on October 11, 1965.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
  • Petitioner: Oil company, or natural gas producer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Oil company, or natural gas producer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 382 U.S. 54
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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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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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