PYRAMID MOTOR FREIGHT CORP. v. ISPASS ET AL. (1947) - Ballotpedia

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PYRAMID MOTOR FREIGHT CORP. v. ISPASS ET AL.

Term: 1946
Important Dates
Argued: October 22, 1946
Decided: March 31, 1947
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson

PYRAMID MOTOR FREIGHT CORP. v. ISPASS ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 31, 1947. The case was argued before the court on October 22, 1946.

In a 9-0 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 New York New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Fair Labor Standards Act
Petitioner: Trucking company, or motor carrier
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 330 U.S. 695
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

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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