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NASHVILLE MILK CO. v. CARNATION COMPANY (1958)
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| NASHVILLE MILK CO. v. CARNATION COMPANY |
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| Term: 1957 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 21, 1957 |
| Decided: January 20, 1958 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker |
| Dissenting |
| Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Earl Warren |
NASHVILLE MILK CO. v. CARNATION COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 20, 1958. The case was argued before the court on November 21, 1957.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
- Petitioner: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 355 U.S. 373
- 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 conservative.
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