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PERKINS v. BENGUET CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. ET AL. (1952)

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PERKINS v. BENGUET CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. ET AL. |
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Term: 1951 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 27, 1951 |
Decided: March 3, 1952 |
Outcome |
Vacated and remanded |
Vote |
7-2 |
Majority |
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed |
Concurring |
Hugo Black |
Dissenting |
Sherman Minton • Frederick Vinson |
PERKINS v. BENGUET CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1952. The case was argued before the court on November 27, 1951.
In a 7-2 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 Ohio State Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: jurisdiction (jurisdiction over non-resident litigants)
- Petitioner: Nonresident
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Out of state noncriminal defendant
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 342 U.S. 437
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Harold Burton
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
External links
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