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MINNESOTA v. NATIONAL TEA CO. et al. (1940)

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MINNESOTA v. NATIONAL TEA CO. et al.
Term: 1939
Important Dates
Argued: March 7, 1940
Decided: March 25, 1940
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed
Dissenting
Charles Evans Hughes • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

MINNESOTA v. NATIONAL TEA CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 1940. The case was argued before the court on March 7, 1940.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Minnesota State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Minnesota
  • Respondent type: Seller or vendor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 309 U.S. 551
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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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