PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF UTAH ET AL. v. WYCOFF COMPANY, INC. (1952) - Ballotpedia

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PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF UTAH ET AL. v. WYCOFF COMPANY, INC.

Term: 1952
Important Dates
Argued: November 13, 1952
Decided: December 22, 1952
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Stanley Reed
Dissenting
William Douglas

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF UTAH ET AL. v. WYCOFF COMPANY, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 22, 1952. The case was argued before the court on November 13, 1952.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Utah Utah U.S. District 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: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Utah
Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 344 U.S. 237
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: Robert Jackson

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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