RICE ET AL. v. BOARD OF TRADE OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO (1947)

RICE ET AL. v. BOARD OF TRADE OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
	Term: 1946
Important Dates
	Argued: February 14, 1947
	Decided: May 5, 1947
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson

RICE ET AL. v. BOARD OF TRADE OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 5, 1947. The case was argued before the court on February 14, 1947.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 331 U.S. 247
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: William Douglas

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.