LEVINSON v. SPECTOR MOTOR SERVICE (1947) - Ballotpedia

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LEVINSON v. SPECTOR MOTOR SERVICE

Term: 1946
Important Dates
Argued: December 11, 1945
Decided: March 31, 1947
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge

LEVINSON v. SPECTOR MOTOR SERVICE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 31, 1947. The case was argued before the court on December 11, 1945.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Fair Labor Standards Act
Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 330 U.S. 649
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harold Burton

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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