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OHIO et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1934)

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OHIO et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.
Term: 1933
Important Dates
Argued: May 8, 1934
Decided: May 28, 1934
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

OHIO et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 28, 1934. The case was argued before the court on May 8, 1934.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Southern U.S. District 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: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Ohio
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 292 U.S. 498
  • 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: Owen Josephus Roberts

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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