PUERTO RICO v. RUBERT HERMANOS, INC. et al. (1942)

PUERTO RICO v. RUBERT HERMANOS, INC. et al.
	Term: 1941
Important Dates
	Argued: February 6, 1942
	Decided: March 16, 1942
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Hugo Black • James Byrnes • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed
Dissenting
	Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

PUERTO RICO v. RUBERT HERMANOS, INC. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 16, 1942. The case was argued before the court on February 6, 1942.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Puerto Rico State Supreme Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Puerto Rico
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 315 U.S. 637
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Byrnes

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.