RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA v. RAYTHEON MANUFACTURING CO. (1935)

RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA v. RAYTHEON MANUFACTURING CO.
	Term: 1935
Important Dates
	Argued: December 11, 1935
	Decided: December 23, 1935
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA v. RAYTHEON MANUFACTURING CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 23, 1935. The case was argued before the court on December 11, 1935.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Manufacturer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 296 U.S. 459
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Benjamin Nathan Cardozo

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.