REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA v. CARROLL ET AL. (1950) - Ballotpedia

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REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA v. CARROLL ET AL.

Term: 1949
Important Dates
Argued: December 9, 1949
Decided: February 6, 1950
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA v. CARROLL ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 6, 1950. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 1949.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: public utilities (cf. federal public utilities regulation)
Petitioner: State college or university
Petitioner state: Georgia
Respondent type: Radio station
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 338 U.S. 586
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: Stanley Reed

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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