PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF UTAH et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1958) - Ballotpedia

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PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF UTAH et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

Term: 1957
Important Dates
Argued: December 9, 1957
Decided: May 19, 1958
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF UTAH et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 1958. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 1957.

In a 5-4 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 Utah U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of transportation regulation:truck, or motor carrier
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Utah
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 356 U.S. 421
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Tom Clark

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

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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