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LEITER MINERALS, INC., v. UNITED STATES et al. (1957)

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LEITER MINERALS, INC., v. UNITED STATES et al. |
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Term: 1956 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 6, 1956 |
Decided: January 14, 1957 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-1 |
Majority |
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Stanley Reed • Earl Warren |
Dissenting |
William Douglas |
LEITER MINERALS, INC., v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 14, 1957. The case was argued before the court on November 6, 1956.
In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
- Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 352 U.S. 220
- 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: Felix Frankfurter
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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