MOFFAT TUNNEL LEAGUE et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1933) - Ballotpedia

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MOFFAT TUNNEL LEAGUE et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

Term: 1932
Important Dates
Argued: February 15, 1933
Decided: April 10, 1933
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

MOFFAT TUNNEL LEAGUE et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 10, 1933. The case was argued before the court on February 15, 1933.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Delaware U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: personal injury
Petitioner: Nonprofit organization or business
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 289 U.S. 113
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Pierce Butler

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.

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External links

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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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