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POWELL ET AL. v. UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE CO. (1950)

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POWELL ET AL. v. UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE CO. |
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Term: 1949 |
Important Dates |
Argued: December 8, 1949 |
Decided: May 8, 1950 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
5-2 |
Majority |
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson |
Dissenting |
Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson |
POWELL ET AL. v. UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 8, 1950. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1949.
In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Missouri Missouri Eastern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Unions - Fair Labor Standards Act
- Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Government contractor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 339 U.S. 497
- 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 liberal.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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