MASSACHUSETTS TRUSTEES OF EASTERN GAS & FUEL ASSOCIATES v. UNITED STATES (1964) - Ballotpedia

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MASSACHUSETTS TRUSTEES OF EASTERN GAS & FUEL ASSOCIATES v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1963
Important Dates
Argued: February 24, 1964
Decided: May 25, 1964
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

MASSACHUSETTS TRUSTEES OF EASTERN GAS & FUEL ASSOCIATES v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 25, 1964. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1964.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts 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: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 377 U.S. 235
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: John Harlan II

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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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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